1 Kings 8:51

For they be thy people [a citation or reminiscence of Deuteronomy 4:10 ], and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt [cf. Deuteronomy 4:21 , 53. There is a constant recurrence throughout the Old Testament to this great deliverance, and with good reason, for it was the real birthday of the nation, and was also a pledge of future help and favour. God who had "wrought such great things for them in Egypt "could not well forsake them. Solomon's constant plea is that they are the elect and covenant race] from the midst of the furnace of iron [ i.e; a furnace for iron, heated and fierce as for smelting. Same phrase, Deuteronomy 4:20 ].