Then people all over the earth will know that the Lord alone is God and there is no other.
Parallel translations
- WEB that all the peoples of the earth may know that Yahweh himself is God. There is no one else.
- KJV That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none 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.
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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
Cross-references · 14
- Deut 4:35It was shown to you so that you might know that Yahweh is God. There is no one else besides him.
- 1 Kgs 18:39When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces. They said, “Yahweh, he is God! Yahweh, he is God!”
- 2 Kgs 19:19Now therefore, Yahweh our God, save us, I beg you, out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, Yahweh, are God alone.”
- Jer 10:10–12But Yahweh is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King. At his wrath, the earth trembles, and the nations are not able to withstand his indignation.
- Isa 44:8Don’t fear, neither be afraid. Haven’t I declared it to you long ago, and shown it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Indeed, there is not. I don’t know any other Rock.”
- Isa 45:22“Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
- Isa 45:5–6I am Yahweh, and there is no one else. Besides me, there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not known me;
- Isa 44:6This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
- 1 Sam 17:46Today, Yahweh will deliver you into my hand. I will strike you, and take your head from off you. I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines today to the birds of the sky, and to the wild animals of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
- Isa 44:24Yahweh, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb says: “I am Yahweh, who makes all things; who alone stretches out the heavens; who spreads out the earth by myself;
- Deut 4:39Know therefore today, and take it to heart, that Yahweh himself is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath. There is no one else.
- 1 Kgs 8:43hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, to fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.
- Joel 2:27You will know that I am among Israel, and that I am Yahweh, your God, and there is no one else; and my people will never again be disappointed.
- Josh 4:24that all the peoples of the earth may know that Yahweh’s hand is mighty; that you may fear Yahweh your God forever.’”
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Christ at the center
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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