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Silver
Veins of, found in the earth - Job 28:1
Generally found in an impure state - Pr 25:4
Comparative value of - Isa 60:17
DESCRIBED AS
- White and shining
- Ps 68:13,14- Fusible
- Eze 22:20,22- Malleable
- Jer 10:9Purified by fire - Pr 17:3; Zec 13:9
PURIFIED, CALLED
- Refined silver
- 1Ch 29:4- Choice silver
- Pr 8:19Tarshish carried on extensive commerce in - Jer 10:9; Eze 27:12
The patriarchs rich in - Ge 13:2; 24:35
Used as money from the earliest times - Ge 23:15,16; 37:28; 1Ki 16:24
Very abundant in the reign of Solomon - 1Ki 10:21,22,27; 2Ch 9:20,21,27
The working in, a trade - Ac 19:24
MADE INTO
- Cups
- Ge 44:2- Dishes
- Nu 7:13,84,85- Bowls
- Nu 7:13,84- Thin plates
- Jer 10:9- Chains
- Isa 40:19- Wires (alluded to)
- Ec 12:6- Sockets for the boards of the tabernacle
- Ex 26:19,25,32; 36:24,26,30,36- Ornaments and hooks for the pillars of the tabernacle
- Ex 27:17; 38:19- Candlesticks
- 1Ch 28:15- Tables
- 1Ch 28:16- Beds or couches
- Es 1:6- Vessels
- 2Sa 8:10; Ezr 6:5- Idols
- Ps 115:4; Isa 2:20; 30:22- Ornaments for the person
- Ex 3:22Given by the Israelite for making the tabernacle - Ex 25:3; 35:24
Given by David and his subjects for making the temple - 1Ch 28:14; 29:2,6-9
Taken in war often consecrated to God - Jos 6:19; 2Sa 8:11; 1Ki 15:15
Taken in war purified by fire - Nu 31:22,23
Often given as presents - 1Ki 10:25; 2Ki 5:5,23
Tribute often paid in - 2Ch 17:11; Ne 5:15
ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of the words of the Lord
- Ps 12:6- Of the tongue of the just
- Pr 10:20- Of good rulers
- Isa 1:22,23- Of the Medo-Persian kingdom
- Da 2:32,39- Of saints purified by affliction
- Ps 66:10; Zec 13:9- (Labour of seeking for,) of diligence required for
attaining knowledge - Pr 2:4- (Reprobate,) of the wicked
- Jer 6:30- (Dross of,) of the wicked
- Isa 1:22; Eze 22:18Wisdom to be esteemed more than - Job 28:15; Pr 3:14; 8:10,19; 16:16
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