2 Chronicles 2:5

great. In magnificence, not in size. Not for People; but, for Jehovah's presence with them.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.
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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Great — For though the temple strictly so called, was but small, yet the buildings belonging to it, were large and numerous.

⁵ And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.

Related Commentaries of 2 Chronicles 2:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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