Chronicles II 2:5

5 And the house which I am building great: for the Lord our God great beyond all gods.

Chronicles II 2:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 2:5

And the house which I build is great
Not so very large, though that, with all apartments and courts belonging to it, he intended to build, was so; but because magnificent in its structure and decorations:

for great is our God above all gods;
and therefore ought to have a temple to exceed all others, as the temple at Jerusalem did.

Chronicles II 2:5 In-Context

3 And Solomon sent to Chiram king of Tyre, saying, Whereas thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build for himself a house to dwell in,

4 behold, I also his son am building a house to the name of the Lord my God, to consecrate it to him, to burn incense before him, and shewbread continually, and to offer up whole-burnt-offerings continually morning and evening, and on the sabbaths, and at the new moons, and at the feasts of the Lord our God: this a perpetual for Israel.

5 And the house which I am building great: for the Lord our God great beyond all gods.

6 And who will be able to build him a house? for the heaven and heaven of heavens do not bear his glory: and who am I, that I should build him a house, save only to burn incense before him?

7 And now send me a man wise and skilled to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and in scarlet, and in blue, and one that knows how to grave together with the craftsmen who are with me in Juda and in Jerusalem, which materials my father David prepared.