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There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_samuel/7.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“How great you are, O Sovereign LORD! There is no one like you. We have never even heard of another God like you!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_samuel/7.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore you are great, O LORD God. For there is none like you, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_samuel/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />How great You are, O Lord GOD! For there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_samuel/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for <i>there is</i> none like thee, neither <i>is there any</i> God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_samuel/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Therefore You are great, O Lord GOD. For <i>there is</i> none like You, nor <i>is there any</i> God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_samuel/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For this reason You are great, Lord GOD; for there is no one like You, and there is no God except You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_samuel/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220For this reason You are great, O Lord GOD; for there is none like You, and there is no God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_samuel/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“For this reason Thou art great, O Lord GOD; for there is none like Thee, and there is no God besides Thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_samuel/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For this reason You are great, O Lord Yahweh; for there is none like You, and there is no God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_samuel/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Therefore You are great, O Lord GOD; for there is none like You, and there is no God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_samuel/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is why you are great, Lord GOD. There is no one like you, and there is no God besides you, as all we have heard confirms.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_samuel/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is why You are great, Lord GOD. There is no one like You, and there is no God besides You, as all we have heard confirms.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_samuel/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Wherefore thou art great, O Jehovah God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_samuel/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />LORD All-Powerful, you are greater than all others. No one is like you, and you alone are God. Everything we have heard about you is true. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_samuel/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_samuel/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"That is why you are great, LORD God. There is no one like you, and there is no other god except you, as we have heard with our own ears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_samuel/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />How great you are, Sovereign LORD! There is none like you; we have always known that you alone are God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_samuel/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />And therefore you are great, Lord GOD, there is no one like you, there is no God except for you, just as we've heard with our own ears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_samuel/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />How great You are, O Lord GOD! For there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_samuel/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Therefore you are great, O LORD God, for there is none like you! There is no God besides you! What we have heard is true!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_samuel/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore you are great, Lord GOD. For there is none like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_samuel/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_samuel/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore you are great, Yahweh God. For there is no one like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_samuel/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore You have been great, YHWH God, for there is none like You, and there is no God except You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_samuel/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Therefore Thou hast been great, Jehovah God, for there is none like Thee, and there is no God save Thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_samuel/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For this thou wert great, Jehovah God: for none as thee, for no God beside thee according to all we heard in our ears.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_samuel/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Therefore thou art magnified, O Lord God, because there is none like to thee, neither is there any God besides thee, in all the things that we have heard with our ears. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_samuel/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For this reason, you are magnified, O Lord God. For there is no one like you. And there is no God except you, in all the things that we have heard with our own ears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_samuel/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, great are you, Lord GOD! There is no one like you, no God but you, as we have always heard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_samuel/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore you are great, O LORD God; for there is no one like you, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_samuel/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Therefore thou art great, O LORD God; for there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_samuel/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because of this, you are great LORD JEHOVAH God, because there is none like you and there is no God outside of you whom we have heard with our ears!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_samuel/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Therefore Thou art great, O LORD God; for there is none like Thee, neither is there any God beside Thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_samuel/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />that he may magnify thee, O my Lord; for there is no one like thee, and there is no God, but thou among all of whom we have heard with our ears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_samuel/7-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_0ajZHUzMKw?start=1886" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_samuel/7.htm">David's Prayer of Thanksgiving</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>For the sake of Your word and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and revealed it to Your servant. <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">How</a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: kên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1431.htm" title="1431: gā·ḏal·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To grow up, become great. A primitive root; properly, to twist, i.e. To be large.">great You are,</a> <a href="/hebrew/136.htm" title="136: ’ă·ḏō·nāy (N-proper-ms) -- Lord. Am emphatic form of 'adown; the Lord.">O Lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/3069.htm" title="3069: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- YHWH. A variation of Yhovah.">GOD!</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: ’ên (Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">there is none</a> <a href="/hebrew/3644.htm" title="3644: kā·mō·w·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- Like, as, when. Or kamow; a form of the prefix k-, but used separately; as, thus, so.">like You,</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: wə·’ên (Conj-w:: Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">and there is no</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">God</a> <a href="/hebrew/2108.htm" title="2108: zū·lā·ṯe·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- Except, only. From zuwl; probably scattering, i.e. Removal; used adverbially, except.">but You,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: bə·ḵōl (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">according to everything</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: šā·ma‘·nū (V-Qal-Perf-1cp) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">we have heard</a> <a href="/hebrew/241.htm" title="241: bə·’ā·zə·nê·nū (Prep-b:: N-fdc:: 1cp) -- An ear. From 'azan; broadness. I.e. the ear.">with our own ears.</a> </span><span class="reftext">23</span>And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/4-35.htm">Deuteronomy 4:35</a></span><br />You were shown these things so that you would know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/4-39.htm">Deuteronomy 4:39</a></span><br />Know therefore this day and take to heart that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-39.htm">Deuteronomy 32:39</a></span><br />See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-23.htm">1 Kings 8:23</a></span><br />and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/17-20.htm">1 Chronicles 17:20</a></span><br />O LORD, there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/86-8.htm">Psalm 86:8</a></span><br />O Lord, there is none like You among the gods, nor any works like Yours.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/89-6.htm">Psalm 89:6-8</a></span><br />For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD? / In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him. / O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/113-5.htm">Psalm 113:5</a></span><br />Who is like the LORD our God, the One enthroned on high?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/37-16.htm">Isaiah 37:16</a></span><br />“O LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/45-5.htm">Isaiah 45:5-6</a></span><br />I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will equip you for battle, though you have not known Me, / so that all may know, from where the sun rises to where it sets, that there is none but Me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/10-6.htm">Jeremiah 10:6-7</a></span><br />There is none like You, O LORD. You are great, and Your name is mighty in power. / Who would not fear You, O King of nations? This is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/10-10.htm">Jeremiah 10:10</a></span><br />But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/15-11.htm">Exodus 15:11</a></span><br />Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/46-9.htm">Isaiah 46:9</a></span><br />Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/17-3.htm">John 17:3</a></span><br />Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Why you are great, O LORD God: for there is none like you, neither is there any God beside you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.</p><p class="hdg">Wherefore</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/3-24.htm">Deuteronomy 3:24</a></b></br> O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God <i>is there</i> in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/16-25.htm">1 Chronicles 16:25</a></b></br> For great <i>is</i> the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also <i>is</i> to be feared above all gods.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/2-5.htm">2 Chronicles 2:5</a></b></br> And the house which I build <i>is</i> great: for great <i>is</i> our God above all gods.</p><p class="hdg">none</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/15-11.htm">Exodus 15:11</a></b></br> Who <i>is</i> like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who <i>is</i> like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful <i>in</i> praises, doing wonders?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/4-35.htm">Deuteronomy 4:35</a></b></br> Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he <i>is</i> God; <i>there is</i> none else beside him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-39.htm">Deuteronomy 32:39</a></b></br> See now that I, <i>even</i> I, <i>am</i> he, and <i>there is</i> no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither <i>is there any</i> that can deliver out of my hand.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_samuel/2-30.htm">Besides</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-37.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-19.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/exodus/9-30.htm">Elohim</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-21.htm">Great</a> <a href="/2_samuel/5-17.htm">Heard</a> <a href="/1_samuel/31-3.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-18.htm">Save</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-20.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-7.htm">Wherefore</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_samuel/15-19.htm">Besides</a> <a href="/2_samuel/11-16.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-35.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/22-1.htm">Elohim</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-23.htm">Great</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-9.htm">Heard</a> <a href="/2_samuel/12-23.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/2_samuel/12-3.htm">Save</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-28.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/2_samuel/10-4.htm">Wherefore</a><div class="vheading2">2 Samuel 7</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-1.htm">Nathan, first approving the purpose of David to build God a house</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-4.htm">After by the word of God forbids him</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">God promises him benefits and blessings in his seed</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-18.htm">David's prayer and thanksgiving</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_samuel/7.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_samuel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_samuel/7.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>How great You are, O Lord GOD!</b><br>This phrase acknowledges the majesty and supremacy of God. In the context of <a href="/2_samuel/7.htm">2 Samuel 7</a>, King David is responding to God's covenant promise that his lineage will endure forever, ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ. The greatness of God is a recurring theme throughout the Bible, seen in passages like <a href="/psalms/145-3.htm">Psalm 145:3</a>, which declares God's greatness as unsearchable. The use of "O Lord GOD" reflects the Hebrew "Adonai Yahweh," emphasizing both God's sovereignty and His covenantal relationship with Israel.<p><b>For there is none like You,</b><br>This statement underscores the uniqueness and incomparability of God. In the ancient Near Eastern context, polytheism was prevalent, with many cultures worshiping multiple gods. However, Israel's faith was distinct in its monotheism, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/6-4.htm">Deuteronomy 6:4</a>, the Shema, which declares, "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one." This phrase affirms that no other being possesses the attributes, power, or holiness of the God of Israel.<p><b>and there is no God but You,</b><br>This phrase reinforces the monotheistic belief central to Israel's identity. It echoes the first commandment in <a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3</a>, "You shall have no other gods before Me." The exclusivity of God is a foundational truth that sets the stage for the New Testament revelation of Jesus Christ as the one true God incarnate, as seen in <a href="/john/1.htm">John 1:1-14</a>. This declaration also serves as a polemic against idolatry, a recurring issue for Israel.<p><b>according to everything we have heard with our own ears.</b><br>This part of the verse highlights the importance of testimony and revelation. The Israelites had witnessed God's mighty acts, from the deliverance from Egypt to the establishment of the Davidic kingdom. The phrase suggests a reliance on the oral tradition and the communal experience of God's faithfulness. In <a href="/romans/10-17.htm">Romans 10:17</a>, Paul writes, "So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ," emphasizing the role of hearing in the development of faith. This also points to the prophetic tradition, where God's word was spoken and heard, shaping the faith and identity of His people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The second king of Israel, chosen by God, who is expressing his awe and reverence for God's uniqueness and greatness in this passage.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/n/nathan_the_prophet.htm">Nathan the Prophet</a></b><br>The prophet who delivered God's covenant promise to David, which prompted David's prayer of praise.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city where David established his kingdom and where he received God's promise through Nathan.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_davidic_covenant.htm">The Davidic Covenant</a></b><br>The divine promise made by God to David, ensuring that his lineage would endure forever, ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who have witnessed God's mighty acts and heard of His greatness through their history.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_uniqueness.htm">God's Uniqueness</a></b><br>Recognize and worship God for His unparalleled nature. There is no other being like Him, and He alone is worthy of our praise.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_hearing.htm">The Importance of Hearing</a></b><br>Just as David refers to what has been heard, we should immerse ourselves in Scripture to continually hear and be reminded of God's greatness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_faithfulness.htm">Covenant Faithfulness</a></b><br>Trust in God's promises, as He is faithful to fulfill them, just as He did with the Davidic Covenant.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/personal_reflection.htm">Personal Reflection</a></b><br>Like David, take time to reflect on God's work in your life and respond with gratitude and praise.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/w/witness_to_others.htm">Witness to Others</a></b><br>Share the greatness of God with others, as David's declaration was based on what was heard and known among the people.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_samuel_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Samuel 7</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_can_solomon_build_the_temple,_not_david.htm">Why does God prohibit David from building the temple in 2 Samuel 7 yet allow Solomon to do so, raising questions of consistency in divine commands?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_isn't_david's_temple_ban_reason_given.htm">Why does God forbid David from building the temple in 1 Chronicles 22:8 but never give that explicit reason in the parallel accounts (e.g., 2 Samuel 7)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_god_forbid_david_from_building.htm">In 1 Chronicles 28:3, why would a God of peace forbid David from building the temple simply because he had shed blood, yet historically use wars and conquests to establish Israel?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_god_strike_uzzah_for_steadying_the_ark.htm">2 Samuel 6:7 - Why would an all-knowing God strike Uzzah dead for physically stabilizing the Ark when his intention seemed good?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_samuel/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) <span class= "bld">All that we have heard with our ears.</span>--Such expressions are common enough in all languages not only for that which has been communicated orally, but for all that has been made known in any way; the same word is used with reference to written records in <a href="/deuteronomy/4-6.htm" title="Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.">Deuteronomy 4:6</a>; <a href="/2_kings/17-14.htm" title="Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.">2Kings 17:14</a>; <a href="/2_kings/18-12.htm" title="Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.">2Kings 18:12</a>; <a href="/2_kings/19-16.htm" title="LORD, bow down your ear, and hear: open, LORD, your eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which has sent him to reproach the living God.">2Kings 19:16</a> (in Hezekiah's prayer in reference to Sennacherib's letter); <a href="/nehemiah/9-29.htm" title="And testified against them, that you might bring them again to your law: yet they dealt proudly, and listened not to your commandments, but sinned against your judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.">Nehemiah 9:29</a>; probably <a href="/esther/2-8.htm" title="So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together to Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also to the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.">Esther 2:8</a>; and in many other places. (So also the corresponding Greek word, <a href="/revelation/1-3.htm" title="Blessed is he that reads, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.">Revelation 1:3</a>, &c). It is therefore entirely unnecessary to suppose that David refers here only to oral tradition; he means the history of the Divine dealings with his people as recorded in their sacred books. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_samuel/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Wherefore thou art great.</span> God's goodness is to David a proof of his greatness, and he sees it displayed, not only in his dealings with himself, but also in the past history of the Jewish nation. There is in this a depth of evangelic piety. An unconverted heart would see the greatness of God in the majesty of creation, or in severe dealings with the impenitent. David saw it in acts of mercy and kindness. We look upon Elijah as the very type of sternness, yet he too recognized the presence of God in "the still small voice" of gentleness and love (<a href="/1_kings/19-13.htm">1 Kings 19:13</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_samuel/7-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">How</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">great You are,</span><br /><span class="heb">גָּדַ֖לְתָּ</span> <span class="translit">(gā·ḏal·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1431.htm">Strong's 1431: </a> </span><span class="str2">To grow up, become great</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O Lord</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲדֹנָ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḏō·nāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> </span><span class="str2">The Lord</span><br /><br /><span class="word">GOD!</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוִ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> </span><span class="str2">YHWH</span><br /><br /><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[there is] none</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֣ין</span> <span class="translit">(’ên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> </span><span class="str2">A non-entity, a negative particle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like You,</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּמ֗וֹךָ</span> <span class="translit">(kā·mō·w·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3644.htm">Strong's 3644: </a> </span><span class="str2">Like, as, when</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and there is no</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֵ֤ין</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> </span><span class="str2">A non-entity, a negative particle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהִים֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">besides You,</span><br /><span class="heb">זֽוּלָתֶ֔ךָ</span> <span class="translit">(zū·lā·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2108.htm">Strong's 2108: </a> </span><span class="str2">Scattering, removal, except</span><br /><br /><span class="word">according to everything</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּכֹ֥ל</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḵōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">we have heard</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁמַ֖עְנוּ</span> <span class="translit">(šā·ma‘·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hear intelligently</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with our own ears.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּאָזְנֵֽינוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·’ā·zə·nê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - fdc | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_241.htm">Strong's 241: </a> </span><span class="str2">Broadness, the ear</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_samuel/7-22.htm">2 Samuel 7:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_samuel/7-22.htm">2 Samuel 7:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_samuel/7-22.htm">2 Samuel 7:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_samuel/7-22.htm">2 Samuel 7:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_samuel/7-22.htm">2 Samuel 7:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_samuel/7-22.htm">2 Samuel 7:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_samuel/7-22.htm">2 Samuel 7:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_samuel/7-22.htm">2 Samuel 7:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_samuel/7-22.htm">2 Samuel 7:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_samuel/7-22.htm">2 Samuel 7:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_samuel/7-22.htm">OT History: 2 Samuel 7:22 Therefore you are great Yahweh God: (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_samuel/7-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Samuel 7:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 7:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_samuel/7-23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Samuel 7:23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 7:23" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>