1 Kings 8:51

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Thy people

The furnace

Deuteronomy 4:20

Jeremiah 11:4

Bible References

Thy people

For you made them separate from all the peoples of the earth, to be your heritage, as you said by Moses your servant, when you took our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.

But Moses made prayer to God, saying, Lord, why is your wrath burning against your people whom you took out of the land of Egypt, with great power and with the strength of your hand?

And Moses said to the Lord, Then it will come to the ears of the Egyptians; for by your power you took this people out from among them;

And I made prayer to the Lord and said, O Lord God, do not send destruction on your people and your heritage, to whom, by your great power, you have given salvation, whom you have taken out of Egypt by the strength of your hand.

Then give ear from heaven your living-place to their prayer and their cry, and see right done to them, answering with forgiveness your people who have done wrong against you.

Now these are your servants and your people, whom you have made yours by your great power and by your strong hand.

For you are our father, though Abraham has no knowledge of us, and Israel gives no thought to us: you, O Lord, are our father; from the earliest days you have taken up our cause.

Be not very angry, O Lord, and do not keep our sins in mind for ever: give ear to our prayer, for we are all your people.

The heritage of Jacob is not like these; for the maker of all things is his heritage: the Lord of armies is his name.

The furnace

But the Lord has taken you out of the flaming fire, out of Egypt, to be to him the people of his heritage, as you are today.

To the order which I gave your fathers on the day when I took them out of the land of Egypt, out of the oven of iron, saying, Give ear to my voice, and do all the orders I have given you: so you will be my people, and I will be your God: