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1 Chronicles 17:20

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 1 Chronicles 17:20 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “O Jehovah, there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

O Jehovah, there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
1 Chronicles 17:20 — American Standard Version

Context — 1 Chronicles 17

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
17And this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; but thou hast spoken of thy servant`s house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Jehovah God.
18What can David [say] yet more unto thee concerning the honor which is done to thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.
19O Jehovah, for thy servant`s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make known all [these] great things.
20O Jehovah, there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
21And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, to make thee a name by great and terrible things, in driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou redeemest out of Egypt?
22For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, Jehovah, becamest their God.
23And now, O Jehovah, let the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, be established for ever, and do as thou hast spoken.
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What do historical commentaries say?

Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“none: Exo 15:11, Exo 18:11; Deu 3:24, Deu 33:26; Psa 86:8, Psa 89:6, Psa 89:8; Isa 40:18, Isa 40:25; Jer 10:6, Jer 10:7; Eph 3:20 beside thee: Deu 4:35, Deu 4:39; Sa1 2:2; Isa 43:10, Isa 44:6, Isa 45:5, Isa 45:22 according: Psa 44:1, Psa 78:3, Psa 78:4; Isa 63:12 1 Chronicles 17:21”
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