Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.

Silver

Uphaz

Are all

Bible References

Silver

Jeremiah 10:4
They deck it with silver and with gold. They fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it not move.

Tarshish

1 Kings 10:22
For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram. Once every three years the navy of Tarshish came, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
Ezekiel 27:12
Tarshish was thy merchant because of the multitude of all kinds of riches, with silver, iron, tin, and lead. They traded for thy wares.

Uphaz

Daniel 10:5
I lifted up my eyes, and looked. And, behold, a man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with pure gold of Uphaz.

Are all

Psalm 115:4
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

General references

Exodus 20:4
Thou shall not make to thee a graven image, nor any likeness [of anything] that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
Exodus 32:3
And all the people broke off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron.
Isaiah 40:19
The image, a workman has cast [it], and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts [for it] silver chains.
Ezekiel 27:12
Tarshish was thy merchant because of the multitude of all kinds of riches, with silver, iron, tin, and lead. They traded for thy wares.