1 Reis 8:53

53 Pois tu os escolheste dentre todos os povos da terra para serem a tua herança, como declaraste por meio do teu servo Moisés, quando tu, ó Soberano SENHOR, tiraste os nossos antepassados do Egito”.

1 Reis 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 Reis 8:53 In-Context

51 pois são o teu povo e a tua herança, que tiraste do Egito, da fornalha de fundição.

52 “Que os teus olhos estejam abertos para a súplica do teu servo e para a súplica de Israel, o teu povo, e que os ouças sempre que clamarem a ti.

53 Pois tu os escolheste dentre todos os povos da terra para serem a tua herança, como declaraste por meio do teu servo Moisés, quando tu, ó Soberano SENHOR, tiraste os nossos antepassados do Egito”.

54 Quando Salomão terminou a oração e a súplica ao SENHOR, levantou-se diante do altar do SENHOR, onde tinha se ajoelhado e estendido as mãos para o céu.

55 Pôs-se em pé e abençoou em alta voz toda a assembleia de Israel, dizendo: