That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else.
Parallel translations
- WEB that all the peoples of the earth may know that Yahweh himself is God. There is no one else.
- BSB so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God. There is no other!
- NKJV that all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God; there is no other.
- NASB so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God; there is no one else.
- NLT Then people all over the earth will know that the Lord alone is God and there is no other.
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Quick answer
Solomon's aim is that all peoples may know that Yahweh alone is God. It reveals a missionary purpose behind Israel's blessing.
Overview
Solomon states the ultimate goal: that the whole earth would recognize that Yahweh is God and there is no other. Israel's blessing serves God's glory among the nations. This universal purpose finds its fulfillment in the gospel, as the knowledge of the one true God spreads through Christ to all peoples.
Cross-references & the web
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- Deut 4:35Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.
- 1 Kgs 18:39And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.
- 2 Kgs 19:19Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou only.
- Jer 10:10–12But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
- Isa 44:8Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
- Isa 45:22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
- Isa 45:5–6I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
- Isa 44:6Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
- 1 Sam 17:46This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
- Isa 44:24Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
- Deut 4:39Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.
- 1 Kgs 8:43Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.
- Joel 2:27And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
- Josh 4:24That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.
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Solomon's glory, wisdom, and temple where God's presence dwells are a shadow of the greater Son of David — 'one greater than Solomon is here' — and of the true Temple, Christ himself.
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