| Verse | Translation | Text |
| 1Ki 8:51 | Strong Concordance | For they be thy people [05971], and thine inheritance [05159], which thou broughtest forth [03318] out of Egypt [04714], from the midst [08432] of the furnace [03564] of iron [01270]: |
| King James | For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron: |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The furnace of iron - Egypt is so called as a place of severe trial and affliction. |