1 Kings 8:51

for they are your people and your inheritance, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt, out of the midst of the furnace of iron.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:

In Context

50and you shall be merciful to their unrighteousness wherein they have trespassed against you, and according to all their transgressions wherewith they have transgressed against you, and you shall + 8:50 Gr. give them to compassions. cause them to be pitied before them that carried them captives, and they shall have compassion on them:

52And let your eyes and your ears be opened to the supplication of your servant, and to the supplication of your people Israel, to listen to them in all things for which they shall call upon you.

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Cross References

Numbers 14:13And Moses said to the Lord, So Egypt shall hear, for you have brought up this people from them by your might.

Deuteronomy 9:26And I prayed to God, and said, O Lord, King of gods, destroy not your people and your + 9:26 Or, portion or part. inheritance, whom you did redeem, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with your great power, and with your strong hand, and with your high arm.

1 Kings 8:53Because you have set them apart for an inheritance to yourself out of all the nations of the earth, as you spoke by the hand of your servant Moses, when you brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt, + 8:53 Gr. Lord, Lord, i.e. according to the Heb. Lord Jehovah. O Lord God.—Then spoke Solomon concerning the house, when he had finished building it—He manifested the sun in the heaven: the Lord said he would dwell in darkness: build you my house, a beautiful house for yourself to dwell in anew. Behold, is not this written in the book of the song?

Nehemiah 1:10Now they are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed with your great power, and with your strong hand.

Isaiah 64:9Be not very angry with us, and remember not our sins + 64:9 The Gr. ἐν καιρῷ is a Hebraism. for ever; but now look on us, for we are all your people.

Jeremiah 51:19And whereas we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured drink-offerings to her, did we make cakes to her, and pour drink-offerings to her, without our husbands?

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 8:23-54

Solomon's Prayer. ( b. c. 1003.) 22 And Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven: 23 And he said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart: 24 Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand,… Read the whole commentary →

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