1. 2 Samuel 7:22 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What is it about the LORD that distinguishes him from everyone and anyone else?

2 Samuel 7:22 (ESV)

22 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.

In context, David is referring to the Lord who makes and keeps promises (2 Samuel 7:21). In this regard he is without peer.1 Because pagan gods do not speak and have no power, they cannot make promises ahead of time and they cannot keep promises.