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 came the navy of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
Ezekiel 27:12
Tarshish was your merchant by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded for your wares.

Uphaz

Daniel 10:5
I lifted up my eyes, and looked, and behold, a man clothed in linen, whose thighs were adorned 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
"You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
Exodus 32:3
All the people took off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron.
Isaiah 40:19
A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.
Ezekiel 27:12
Tarshish was your merchant by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded for your wares.