SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Kings 8:53

8:53a For You, O Lord GOD, as Your inheritance, have set them apart from all the peoples of the earth,

For you decided to separate/select them from all the nations of the earth to be your own people.
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For you yourself chose them, and not the other peoples of the earth, to be your special possession.

8:53b as You spoke through Your servant Moses

This is what you told ⌊them⌋ through your servant Moses.
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Through your servant Moses you told them they would always be your people.

8:53c when You brought our fathers out of Egypt.”

You told them this, when you, Lord Yahweh, caused our fathers/ancestors to leave Egypt.”
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You promised them this when you led our ancestors out of Egypt.”

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