1 Kings 8:53

53 "For You have separated them from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance, ¹as You spoke through Moses Your servant, when You brought our fathers forth from Egypt, O Lord GOD."

1 Kings 8:53 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 8:53

For thou didst separate them from among all people of the
earth to be thine inheritance
By his choice of them in his own mind, by the redemption of them out of Egypt, by the peculiar laws he gave them, and by the special blessings he conferred upon them:

as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest
our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord our God;
it was he that spake this to Moses, and by him to the people, ( Exodus 19:5 Exodus 19:6 ) and it was he that did it, namely, separate them from all nations, to be his people and peculiar treasure: in this and the two preceding verses Solomon makes use of arguments taken from what the people of Israel were to the Lord, and he had done for them, to engage him to hearken to their supplications, and here ends his long prayer; in ( 2 Chronicles 6:1 ) some things are added at the close of it, and some omitted.

1 Kings 8:53 In-Context

51 (for they are Your people and Your inheritance which You have brought forth from Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace ),

52 that Your eyes may be open to the supplication of Your servant and to the supplication of Your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they call to You.

53 "For You have separated them from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance, as You spoke through Moses Your servant, when You brought our fathers forth from Egypt, O Lord GOD."

54 When Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and supplication to the LORD , he arose from before the altar of the LORD , from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread toward heaven.

55 And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying:

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 19:5, 6; Deuteronomy 9:26-29

Footnotes

• [a]. Heb "YHWH," usually rendered LORD