2 Chronicles 2:9

Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.

Cross-references

2 Chronicles 2:5 also declares the temple will be great because God is greater than all gods — reinforcing the same reason for its grandeur.

2 Chronicles 7:21 contrasts the planned greatness here with the temple's future ruin — a sobering reversal.

1 Kings 9:8 Parallel

1 Kings 9:8 similarly warns the magnificent temple will become a heap of ruins — the same prophecy of judgment.