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
Tarshish
Uphaz
Are all
General references
Bible References
Silver
Jeremiah 10:4
He decorates it with overlays of silver and gold. He uses hammer and nails to fasten it together so that it will not fall over.
Tarshish
1 Kings 10:22
Along with Hiram's fleet, the king had a fleet of large merchant ships that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet came into port with cargoes of gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
Ezekiel 27:12
"'Tarshish was your trade partner because of your abundant wealth; they exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your products.
Uphaz
Daniel 10:5
I looked up and saw a man clothed in linen; around his waist was a belt made of gold from Upaz.
Are all
Psalm 115:4
Their idols are made of silver and gold -- they are man-made.
General references
Exodus 20:4
"You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water below.
Exodus 32:3
So all the people broke off the gold earrings that were on their ears and brought them to Aaron.
Isaiah 40:19
A craftsman casts an idol; a metalsmith overlays it with gold and forges silver chains for it.
Ezekiel 27:12
"'Tarshish was your trade partner because of your abundant wealth; they exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your products.