Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
The foundations
Sapphire
General references
Bible References
The foundations
Job 28:16
It is not valued with pure gold of Ophir, With precious onyx and sapphire,
Proverbs 3:15
Precious she is above rubies, And all thy pleasures are not comparable to her.
Isaiah 54:11
O afflicted, storm-tossed, not comforted, Lo, I am laying with cement thy stones, And have founded thee with sapphires,
Sapphire
Exodus 28:17
And thou hast set in it settings of stone, four rows of stone; a row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle is the first row;
Exodus 29:10
and hast brought near the bullock before the tent of meeting, and Aaron hath laid -- his sons also -- their hands on the head of the bullock.
General references
1 Kings 6:30
And the floor of the house he hath overlaid with gold, within and without;