2 Chronicles 2:5

New American Bible - revised edition

Yet who is really able to build him a house, since the heavens and even the highest heavens cannot contain him? And who am I that I should build him a house, unless it be to offer incense in his presence?

Cross References

1 Kings 8:27

“Is God indeed to dwell on earth? If the heavens and the highest heavens cannot contain you, how much less this house which I have built!

1 Kings 9:8

and this house shall become a heap of ruins. Every passerby shall gasp in horror and ask, “Why has the Lord done such things to this land and to this house?”

1 Chronicles 16:25

For great is the Lord and highly to be praised; to be feared above all gods.

1 Chronicles 29:1

King David then said to the whole assembly: “My son Solomon, whom alone God has chosen, is still young and inexperienced; the work, however, is great, for this palace is not meant for human beings, but for the Lord God.

1 Chronicles 29:14

“But who am I, and who are my people, that we should have the means to contribute so freely? For everything is from you, and what we give is what we have from you.

2 Chronicles 2:9

I will furnish as food for your servants, the woodcutters, twenty thousand kors of wheat, twenty thousand kors of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.”

2 Chronicles 29:11

My sons, do not be negligent any longer, for it is you whom the Lord has chosen to stand before him, to minister to him, to be his ministers and to offer incense.”

2 Chronicles 6:18

“Is God indeed to dwell with human beings on earth? If the heavens and the highest heavens cannot contain you, how much less this house which I have built!

Psalm 135:5

For I know that the Lord is great, that our Lord is greater than all gods.

Psalm 145:3

Great is the Lord and worthy of much praise, whose grandeur is beyond understanding.

Psalm 148:4

Praise him, highest heavens, you waters above the heavens.

Exodus 15:11

Who is like you among the gods, O Lord? Who is like you, magnificent among the holy ones? Awe-inspiring in deeds of renown, worker of wonders,

Exodus 18:11

Now I know that the Lord is greater than all the gods; for he rescued the people from the power of the Egyptians when they treated them arrogantly.”

Isaiah 66:1

Thus says the Lord: The heavens are my throne, the earth, my footstool. What house can you build for me? Where is the place of my rest?

Jeremiah 10:6

No one is like you, Lord, you are great, great and mighty is your name.

Ezekiel 7:20

In their beautiful ornaments they took pride; out of them they made their abominable images, their detestable things. For this reason I will make them unclean.

1 Timothy 6:15

that the blessed and only ruler will make manifest at the proper time, the King of kings and Lord of lords,