King James Version
1 Kings 8:51 in the King James Version says “For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace o...” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:”
1 Kings 8:51 · KJV
Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause, cause: or, right
And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:
For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:
That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.
For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“For they be thy people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“and thine inheritance”
H5159properly, something inherited, i.e., (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“which thou broughtest forth”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
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