2 Chronicles 6:14
in 2 Chronicles 6and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven or on earth, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and he said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven, or on earth; who keepest covenant and lovingkindness with thy servants, that walk before thee with all their heart;
KJV
And said, O Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 6
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
there is no God like thee in the heaven
on 2 Chronicles 6:14-17
The prayer opens with there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth, which keepest covenant and shewest mercy, the same address 1 Kings 8:23 gives almost word for word. Solomon's first request, that the Lord keep the promise of an heir on David's throne, repeats 1 Kings 8:25-26 with the same condition attached, that thy children take heed to their way. Chronicles changes nothing in the sense here; the petition already stands fully argued in the Kings exposition, including the tension the condition sets up against 11:12-13's partial keeping of it for David's sake.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
But here he declares upon what inducements he undertook it, and they are such as not only justify, but magnify, the undertaking. He did it for the glory and honour of God; this was his highest and ultimate end in it. It was for the name of the Lord God of Israel (
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O Lord, &c. - By this prayer the temple of Solomon is made a figure of Christ, the great Mediator thro' whom we are to offer up all our prayers, and to expect all God's favours, and to whom we are to have an eye in everything wherein we have to do with God.
That he is, and will be, true to every word that he has spoken; and all that serve him in sincerity shall certainly find him both faithful and kind. Those that set God always before them, and walk before him with all their hearts, shall find him as good as his word and better; he will both keep covenant with them and show mercy to them,
That he is a being infinite and immense, whom the heaven, and heaven of heavens, cannot contain, and to whose felicity nothing is added by the utmost we can do in his service,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
That walk before thee with all their hearts - “With all the will of their souls and with all the affection of their hearts.” - Targum.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
there is no God like You insofar as You keep the covenant and the kindness that You decree from heaven to give to those who love You. You hide and conceal the covenant and the kindness to fulfill Your promise on earth.
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For Solomon had made This refers back to “opposite all the congregation of Israel,” i.e., how was he higher than all of them to make his words heard?
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּאמַ֗ר | vaiyomar | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֞ה | yahweh | O Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֤י | ʾelohei | [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| אֵין־ | ʾein- | there not | H369 → | 789 times |
| כָּמ֣וֹךָ | kamokha | like you | H3644 → | 143 times |
| אֱלֹהִ֔ים | ʾelohim | [is] a God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| בַּשָּׁמַ֖יִם | bashamayim | in the heavens | H8064 → | 421 times |
| וּבָאָ֑רֶץ | uvaaretz | and on the earth | H776 → | 2504 times |
| שֹׁמֵ֤ר | shomer | [who] keeps | H8104 → | 468 times |
| הַבְּרִית֙ | haberit | the covenant | H1285 → | 284 times |
| וְֽהַחֶ֔סֶד | vehachesed | and <the> covenant loyalty | H2617 → | 247 times |
| לַעֲבָדֶ֕יךָ | laavadeikha | to servants your | H5650 → | 799 times |
| הַהֹלְכִ֥ים | haholekhim | who walk | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| לְפָנֶ֖יךָ | lefaneikha | <to> before you | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| בְּכָל־ | bekhol | with all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| לִבָּֽם׃ | libam | heart their | H3820 → | 595 times |
וַיֹּאמַ֗רand he said
vaiyomarH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֞הO Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵ֤י[the] God of
ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
אֵין־there not
ʾein-H369 →789 times
כָּמ֣וֹךָlike you
kamokhaH3644 →143 times
אֱלֹהִ֔ים[is] a God
ʾelohimH430 →2601 times
בַּשָּׁמַ֖יִםin the heavens
bashamayimH8064 →421 times
וּבָאָ֑רֶץand on the earth
uvaaretzH776 →2504 times
שֹׁמֵ֤ר[who] keeps
shomerH8104 →468 times
הַבְּרִית֙the covenant
haberitH1285 →284 times
וְֽהַחֶ֔סֶדand <the> covenant loyalty
vehachesedH2617 →247 times
לַעֲבָדֶ֕יךָto servants your
laavadeikhaH5650 →799 times
הַהֹלְכִ֥יםwho walk
haholekhimH1980 →1546 times
לְפָנֶ֖יךָ<to> before you
lefaneikhaH6440 →2123 times
בְּכָל־with all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
לִבָּֽם׃heart their
libamH3820 →595 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 15:11Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
it leads to
- 1 Kings 8:23
and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with…
- Psalms 89:5–8
The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD— Your faithfulness as well— in the assembly of the holy ones.
- 1 Samuel 2:2
There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.
- 2 Samuel 7:22
How great You are, O Lord GOD! For there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.
- Revelation 4:8
And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty,…
- 1 Kings 8:23
Through
Deuteronomy 7:9Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.
it leads to
- Hebrews 10:23
Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.
- 2 Timothy 2:13
if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:3
But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
- Hebrews 10:23
About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.