1 Kings 8:51

furnace. furnace for the smelting of iron; not made of iron. Compare Genesis 15:17.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The furnace of iron - Egypt is so called as a place of severe trial and affliction.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Solomon's Dedication of the Temple, Prayer and Address. This chapter is mainly Deuteronomic, being clearly written from the standpoint of one who h...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of t...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Dedication of the Temple. Solomon's Prayer 1. The chief of the fathers] i.e. heads of families. Out of the city ] The Temple and Palace were...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Furnace of iron ] i.e. a furnace hot enough to melt iron.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(23-53) The prayer of Solomon, uttered (see 1 Kings 8:54 ) on his knees with hands uplifted to heaven, long and detailed as it is, is yet of extreme...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(51-53) For they be thy people. — This pleading with God by His deliverance of the people from Egypt, and by His promise to Moses to make them His...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Breaking Three Commandments 1 Kings 21:1-29 ; 1 Kings 1:1-53 ; 1 Kings 2:1-46 ; 1 Kings 3:1-28 ; 1 Kings 4:1-34 ; 1 Kings 5:1-18 ; 1 Kings...
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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The Temple being finished, the great ceremony of dedication commenced. The permanent link between Tabernacle and Temple was the Ark of the Covenant....
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(31) If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this hous...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

For they [be] thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron: Ver. 51. For the...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

That they may have compassion on them Treat them mercifully while they continue their slaves, and give them liberty to return to their own land. Go...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They be thy people; for howsoever they may sin against thee, or suffer from men, yet still remember that they are thy peculiar people, and therefor...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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⁵¹ For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:

Related Commentaries of 1 Kings 8:51

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 8:51