2 Chronicles 2:5
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For the house which I desire to build, is great: for our God is great above all gods.

Exodus 15:11
Who is like to thee, among the strong, O Lord? who is like to thee, glorious in holiness, terrible and praise-worthy, doing wonders?

Exodus 18:11
Now I know, that the Lord is great above all gods; because they dealt proudly against them.

1 Chronicles 16:25
For the Lord is great and exceedingly to be praised: and he is to be feared above all gods.

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For the house which I desire to build, is great: for our God is great above all gods.

great

2 Chronicles 2:9 To provide me timber in abundance. For the house which I desire to build, is to be exceeding great, and glorious.

1 Kings 9:8 And this house shall be made an example of: every one that shall pass by it, shall be astonished, and shall hiss, and say: Why hath the Lord done thus to this land, and to this house?

1 Chronicles 29:1 And king David said to all the assembly: Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is as yet young and tender: and the work is great, for a house is prepared not for man, but for God.

Ezekiel 7:20 And they have turned the ornament of their jewels into pride, and have made of it the images of their abominations, and idols: therefore I have made it an uncleanness to them.

great is our God

Exodus 15:11 Who is like to thee, among the strong, O Lord? who is like to thee, glorious in holiness, terrible and praise-worthy, doing wonders?

1 Chronicles 16:25 For the Lord is great and exceedingly to be praised: and he is to be feared above all gods.

Psalm 86:8,9 There is none among the gods like unto thee, O Lord: and there is none according to thy works. . . .

Psalm 135:5 For I have known that the Lord is great, and our God is above all gods.

Psalm 145:3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: and of his greatness there is no end.

Jeremiah 10:6 There is none like to thee, O Lord: thou art great, and great is thy name in might.

1 Timothy 6:15 Which in his times he shall shew, who is the Blessed and only Mighty, the King of kings and Lord of lords:

Context
Preparations for the Temple
4So do with me that I may build a house to the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to burn incense before him, and to perfume with aromatical spices, and for the continual setting forth of bread, and for the holocausts, morning and evening, and on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and the solemnities of the Lord our God for ever, which are commanded for Israel. 5For the house which I desire to build, is great: for our God is great above all gods.6Who then can be able to build him a worthy house? if heaven, and the heavens of heavens cannot contain him: who am I that I should be able to build him a house? but to this end only, that incense may be burnt before him.…
Lexicon
The house
וְהַבַּ֛יִת (wə·hab·ba·yiṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

that
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

I
אֲנִ֥י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 589: I

am building
בוֹנֶ֖ה (ḇō·w·neh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build

will be great,
גָּד֑וֹל (gā·ḏō·wl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1419: Great, older, insolent

for
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

our God
אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ (’ĕ·lō·hê·nū)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

is greater
גָד֥וֹל (ḡā·ḏō·wl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1419: Great, older, insolent

than all
מִכָּל־ (mik·kāl)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

gods.
הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative


Additional Translations
The house that I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.

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

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

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

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

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

"The house which I build is great; for our God is great above all gods.

And the house that I am building is great, for greater is our God than all gods;
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