John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 8:51

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, etc.] Whom the Lord had chosen above all people, to be a special people to him, and to be his portion and possession; (see <050706>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 “<050420>Deuteronomy 4:20”).

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