1 Kings 8:51

51 They are your own people, whom you brought out of Egypt, that blazing furnace.

1 Kings 8:51 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 8:51

For they be thy people, and thine inheritance
Whom the Lord had chosen above all people, to be a special people to him, and to be his portion and possession; see ( Deuteronomy 7:6 ) ( 32:9 )

which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace
of iron; hard and cruel bondage in Egypt: (See Gill on Deuteronomy 4:20).

1 Kings 8:51 In-Context

49 then listen to their prayers. In your home in heaven hear them and be merciful to them.
50 Forgive all their sins and their rebellion against you, and make their enemies treat them with kindness.
51 They are your own people, whom you brought out of Egypt, that blazing furnace.
52 "Sovereign Lord, may you always look with favor on your people Israel and their king, and hear their prayer whenever they call to you for help.
53 You chose them from all the peoples to be your own people, as you told them through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt."
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.