The house that I am to build will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.
For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and he is to be feared above all gods.
For I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.
“Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders?
which he will display at the proper time—he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords,
There is none like you, O Lord; you are great, and your name is great in might.
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.
There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like yours. All the nations you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your name.
to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the house I am to build will be great and wonderful.
And David the king said to all the assembly, “Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is young and inexperienced, and the work is great, for the palace will not be for man but for the Lord God.
And this house will become a heap of ruins. Everyone passing by it will be astonished and will hiss, and they will say, ‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’
His beautiful ornament they used for pride, and they made their abominable images and their detestable things of it. Therefore I make it an unclean thing to them.
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