1 Kings 8:51

51 (for they are Your people and Your inheritance, whom You brought out of Egypt, out of the iron 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 hear in heaven Your dwelling place their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause,

50 and forgive Your people who have sinned against You, and all their transgressions which they have transgressed against You; and grant them compassion before those who took them captive, that they may have compassion on them

51 (for they are Your people and Your inheritance, whom You brought out of Egypt, out of the iron furnace),

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

53 For You separated them from among all the peoples of the earth to be Your inheritance, as You spoke by Your servant Moses, when You brought our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God."