Charles Ellicott Commentary 2 Chronicles 2:5
Charles Ellicott Commentary
2 Chronicles 2:5
1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott Commentary
2 Chronicles 2:5
1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE
"And the house which I build is great; for great is our God above all gods." — 2 Chronicles 2:5 (ASV)
And the house which I build is great. — 1 Chronicles 29:1.
Great is our God above all gods. —Exodus 18:11; Deuteronomy 10:17; Psalms 77:13; Psalms 95:3.
According to modern notions of magnitude, the Temple of Solomon was a small building (see 1 Kings 6:2–3). Shelley’s
“There once proud Salem’s haughty fane
Reared high to heaven its thousand golden domes,”
is pure fancy.