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;

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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.

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1 Kings 6:30
And the floor of the house he hath overlaid with gold, within and without;