1 Kings 8:53
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.
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Gill's Exposition
And it was so, that, when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the Lord,.... In which he was a type of Christ, praying and interceding for his people before the…
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
As thou spakest by the hand of Moses The reference is to Exo 19:5-6, where God promises that Israel shall be to Him -a peculiar treasure." -By the hand of" is a not uncommon Hebrew phrase for -by"…
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