1 Kings 8:51 (GNV)

Passage

For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out of Egypt from the middes of the yron fornace.

Nearby Context

1 Kings 8:49 Then heare thou their prayer and their supplication in heauen thy dwelling place, and iudge their cause,

1 Kings 8:50 And be mercifull vnto thy people that haue sinned against thee, and vnto all their iniquities (wherein they haue transgressed against thee) and cause that they, which led them away captiues, may haue pitie and compassion on them:

1 Kings 8:51 For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out of Egypt from the middes of the yron fornace.

1 Kings 8:52 Let thine eyes be open vnto the prayer of thy seruant, and vnto the prayer of thy people Israel, to hearken vnto them, in all that they call for vnto thee.

1 Kings 8:53 For thou diddest separate them to thee from among all people of the earth for an inheritance, as thou saidest by the hand of Moses thy seruant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "people", "thine", "inheritance", "thou", "broughtest", "egypt", "middes", and "yron". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "people" and "thine", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 50's "And be mercifull vnto thy people that..." into verse 52's "Let thine eyes be open vnto the...", so "people" and "thine" belong inside that flow. In 1 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "people" and "thine" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.