2 Chronicles 2:5

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3 Then Solomon sent to¹ Hiram king of Tyre, saying:
^aAs you have dealt with David my father, and sent him cedars to build himself a house to dwell in, so deal with me.

4 Behold, ^aI am building a temple for the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to Him, ^bto burn before Him sweet incense, for ^cthe continual showbread, for ^dthe burnt offerings morning and evening, on the ^eSabbaths, on the New Moons, and on the² set feasts of the Lord our God. This is an ordinance forever to Israel.

5 And the temple which I build will be great, for ^aour God is greater than all gods.

6 ^aBut who is able to build Him a temple, since heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Him? Who am I then, that I should build Him a temple, except to burn sacrifice before Him?

7 Therefore send me at once a man skillful to work in gold and silver, in bronze and iron, in purple and crimson and blue, who has skill to engrave with the skillful men who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, ^awhom David my father provided.

8 ^aAlso send me cedar and cypress and algum logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants have skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and indeed my servants will be with your servants,

9 to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the¹ temple which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.

10 ^aAnd indeed I will give to your servants, the woodsmen who cut timber, twenty thousand kors of ground wheat, twenty thousand kors of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.

Verse Comparison: 2 Chronicles 2:5

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American Standard Version
And the house which I build is great; for great is our God above all gods.

Amplified® Bible
The house which I am to build is great, for our God is greater than all gods.

Contemporary English Version
This will be a great temple, because our God is greater than all other gods.

Darby English Version
And the house that I will build is great; for great is our God above all gods.

Good News Bible
I intend to build a great temple, because our God is greater than any other god.

King James Version
And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.

New American Standard Bible
"The house which I am about to build {will be} great, for greater is our God than all the gods.

New International Version
"The temple I am going to build will be great, because our God is greater than all other gods.

New King James Version
And the temple which I build will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"The house which I intend to build will have greatness, for greater do we regard our God than all the gods.

Revised Standard Version
The house which I am to build will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.

Young's Literal Translation
`And the house that I am building `is' great, for greater `is' our God than all gods;

New English Translation
I will build a great temple, for our God is greater than all gods.

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