For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:
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Gill's Exposition
That thine eyes may be open to the supplication of thy servant,.... That is, attentive to it, meaning himself and his present supplication; or any other he should hereafter put up in this place:
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Barnes' Notes
The furnace of iron - Egypt is so called as a place of severe trial and affliction.
Solomon having made a general surrender of this house to God, which God had signified his acceptance of by taking possession, next follows Solomon's prayer, in which he makes a more particular…
Cambridge Bible
from the midst of the furnace of iron The bondage of Egypt is so called, Deu 4:20. The idea is of the intense heat needed to melt iron in a furnace, and that with this the suffering of Israel might be…
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