Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 8:51

51 For they be thy people , and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron :

For howsoever they may sin against thee, or suffer from men; yet still remember, that they, are thy peculiar People, and therefore do thou pity, and pardon, and save them.

So called, either from the Metal melted in it: or rather, from the Matter of which it consisted, an Iron Furnace being more hot and terrible, than one of Brick, or Stone. He understands hereby, their cruel Bondage, and painful Labours. See on Deut. 4. 20.

Marginal references: Jer. 11. 4▪