2 Samuel 7:22

22 "That is why you are great, LORD God. There is no one like you, and there is no other god except you, as we have heard with our own ears.

2 Samuel 7:22 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 7:22

Wherefore thou art great, O Lord God
In his name, nature, persons, and perfections, purposes, promises, and works:

for [there is] none like thee;
for his essence and attributes, for his greatness and goodness, for what he is in himself, for what he is to his people, and has done for them:

neither [is there any] God beside thee;
there is but one God, the living and true God, the former and maker of all things; all others are but fictitious and factitious gods, see ( 1 Samuel 2:2 ) ;

according to all that we have heard with our ears;
concerning what he did in the land of Egypt upon the Egyptians, and in the wilderness, in favour of the Israelites, and in the land of Canaan, by driving out the inhabitants before the people of Israel, and in the times of the judges, in raising them up to deliver his people.

2 Samuel 7:22 In-Context

20 "What more can I, David, say to you, Almighty LORD, since you know me so well!
21 You've done this great thing because of your promise and your own desire. You made it known to me.
22 "That is why you are great, LORD God. There is no one like you, and there is no other god except you, as we have heard with our own ears.
23 Who is like your people Israel? It is the one nation on earth that God came to free in order to make its people his own, to make his name known, and to do great and wonderful things for them. You forced nations and their gods out of the way of your people, whom you freed from Egypt to be your own.
24 You created the people of Israel to be your people forever. And you, LORD, became their God.
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