Reference: Mining and Metals
Hastings
Though Palestine proper is deficient in mineral resources, yet these were present to some extent on its borders, and were not only abundantly found, but even largely developed, in other parts of the ancient East. The Scripture references to mining, accordingly, though not very numerous, are sufficiently definite. Such a passage as De 8:9 (cf. De 33:25), though inapplicable to Palestine proper, may hold good of the Lebanon district or (as has been suggested by some) of the Sinaitic region. The classical description of the miner's life in Job 28 is evidently based on observation. It depicts the adventurous and toilsome character of the quest, the shafts sunk and the galleries tunnelled in the rock, the darkness, the waters that have to be drained away, the hidden treasures of precious stones and metals that reward the effort and the ingenuity of man.
The list of metals in Nu 31:22 includes all those that are mentioned in Scripture, viz. gold, silver, 'brass,' iron, tin, and lead. All these are again enumerated in Eze 27:12-13,22 as articles of Tyrian commerce.
Brass.
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The name of the first river is the Pishon. It winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.
Zillah also had a son, Tubal-Cain, who forged all kinds of tools out of copper and iron. Tubal-Cain's sister was Naamah.
My lord, listen to me. It is a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver. What is that between you and me? So bury your dead.
His property included the field with the cave in it as well as all the trees inside the boundaries of the field. The Hittites together with all who had entered the city gate were the official witnesses for the agreement.
Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son's foreskin and threw it at Moses' feet. She said: You are indeed a bridegroom of blood to me.
The sons of Israel did what Moses told them. They asked the Egyptians for gold and silver jewelry and for clothes.
Your breath blew the sea over them. They sank like lead in the raging water.
Cover it with pure gold inside and out and put a gold border all around it.
Hammer out two winged cherubs of pure gold and fasten them to the lid at the ends of the chest.
Cover it with pure gold. Put a gold molding around it.
Cover the frames with gold. Make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Cover the crossbars with gold.
Hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold. Their hooks should also be of gold, on four sockets of silver.
Cover it all with pure gold, the top, the sides, and the horns. Put a gold molding around it.
He made the lamp stand out of pure gold. The lamp stand, its base, and its shaft, as well as the flower cups, buds, and petals were hammered out of one piece of gold.
The lamp stand, including its branches and decorative flowers, was made from a single piece of hammered pure gold.
The gold was hammered into thin sheets and cut up. They twisted the gold into threads, which they creatively worked into each strand of the violet, purple, and bright red yarn, and throughout the fine linen.
In this way you will separate the Levites from the other Israelites. The Levites will be mine.
All the gold of the offering they gave to Jehovah, from the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.
Of the Rephaim only King Og of Bashan was left. His bed was made of iron and was more than thirteen feet long and six feet wide. It is still in the Ammonite city of Rabbah.
But you are Jehovah's people! He led you through fiery trials and rescued you from Egypt.
The land will have enough food for you, and you will have everything you need. The land has rocks with iron ore. You will be able to mine copper ore in the mountains.
He made him ride on the heights of the earth and fed him with the produce of the fields. He gave him honey from rocks and olive oil from solid rock.
Your locks will be iron and bronze. According to your days, so will your leisurely walk be.
Jehovah said to Joshua: Make sharp knives, and circumcise the men of Israel. Joshua made sharp knives, and circumcised the men of Israel at the Hill of Circumcision.
When I saw among the spoils a quality Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them. I hid them in the earth in the middle of my tent.
The gold earrings that Gideon got weighed over forty pounds. This did not include the ornaments, necklaces, and purple clothes that the kings of Midian wore. It also did not include the collars that were around the necks of their camels.
You train me for battle, so that I can use the strongest bow.
They sailed to the land of Ophir and brought back to Solomon about sixteen tons of gold.
Hiram's fleet that brought gold from Ophir also brought a large quantity of sandalwood and precious stones from Ophir.
Each year King Solomon received about twenty-five tons of gold.
All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold. All the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold. Not one was of silver, for no one gave a thought to silver in the days of King Solomon. For the king had Tarshish-ships at sea with the ships of Hiram. Once every three years the Tarshish-ships came with gold and silver and ivory and apes (monkeys) and peacocks.
Jehovah warned the children of Israel about these nations. He said: You are not to take wives from them and they are not to take wives from you. They will certainly turn your hearts to go after their gods. Solomon loved his wives anyway.
I have made every effort to prepare materials for the Temple: gold, silver, bronze, iron, timber, precious stones and gems, stones for mosaics, and quantities of marble.
not counting the gold that the merchants and traders brought. All the Arab kings and governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon. King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold, using fifteen pounds of gold on each shield.
The king had ships going to Tarshish with Huram's sailors. Once every three years the Tarshish ships would bring gold, silver, ivory, apes, and monkeys.
And twenty gold basins, of a thousand darics, and two vessels of the best bright brass, equal in value to gold.
After him were working their brothers, Bavvai, the son of Henadad, ruler of half the division of Keilah.
After him Meremoth, the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, was working on another part, from the door of the house of Eliashib as far as the end of his house.
And between the way up to the angle and the Sheep Gate, the gold-workers and the traders made good the wall.
I wish they were engraved forever on a rock with an iron stylus and lead.
Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.
Humans exert their power on the flinty rocks and overturn mountains at their base.
He trains my hands for battle so that my arms can bend an archer's bow of bronze.
You have tested us, O God. You have refined us in the same way silver is refined.
He will live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba. Men shall pray for him continually. They shall praise him all day long.
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold but Jehovah proves the heart.
Take away the dross from the silver and it will go to the refiner.
The refining pot is for silver. The furnace is for gold. A man is valued by what others say about him.
His legs are like pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold. His countenance is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
Your silver is not pure. Your beer is watered down.
I will turn my power against you (turn the back of my hand upon you). I will remove your impurities with bleach. I will get rid of all your worthless qualities.
I will turn my power against you (turn the back of my hand upon you). I will remove your impurities with bleach. I will get rid of all your worthless qualities.
Their arrows are sharpened. All their bows are strung and ready to shoot. Their horses' hoofs are as hard as flint. Their chariot wheels are as quick as the wind.
The craftsman encourages the goldsmith. He who smooths with the hammer spurs on him who strikes the anvil. He says of the welding: It is good. He nails down the idol so it will not topple.
I will make rivers flow on barren heights, and springs within the valleys. I will turn the desert into pools of water, and the parched ground into springs.
The blacksmith takes a tool and works with it in the coals. He shapes an idol with hammers; he forges it with the might of his arm. He gets hungry and loses his strength. He drinks no water and grows faint.
To whom will you compare me or count me equal? To whom will you liken me that we may be compared?
I have been testing you for myself like silver. I have put you through the fire of trouble.
The Lord Jehovah helps me. That is why I will not be ashamed. I have set my face like a flint (firm and resolute). I know that I will not be put to shame.
All of them are stubborn rebels. They go about telling false stories. They are copper and iron. They are all corrupt, all of them! The bellows blow fiercely and the fire consumes the lead. The refining goes on in vain, but the wicked are not separated.
The bellows blow fiercely and the fire consumes the lead. The refining goes on in vain, but the wicked are not separated. They call them rejected silver, for Jehovah has rejected them.
Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz. It is the work of a craftsman and of the hands of a goldsmith. Violet and purple are their clothing. They are all the work of skilled men.
Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz. It is the work of a craftsman and of the hands of a goldsmith. Violet and purple are their clothing. They are all the work of skilled men.
Every man is stupid lacking knowledge. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. His molten images are deceitful. There is no breath in them.
It is the covenant I made with their ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt. Egypt was like an iron smelter (furnace) to them. I told them to obey me and to do everything that I commanded. I told them that if they obeyed, they would be my people and I would be their God.
Can a man break iron, especially the iron from the north that is mixed with copper?
All mankind is stupid and devoid of knowledge. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. His molten images are deceitful, and there is no breath in them.
I will make you as hard as a diamond, harder than flint stone. Do not be afraid of them. Do not be terrified in their presence, even though they are rebellious people.
Jehovah's word came to me, He said: Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me. All of them are the copper, tin, iron and lead in the furnace. They are the dross of silver.
Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me. All of them are the copper, tin, iron and lead in the furnace. They are the dross of silver.
Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me. All of them are the copper, tin, iron and lead in the furnace. They are the dross of silver. Therefore, the Lord Jehovah says: 'I am going to gather you into Jerusalem. This is because all of you have become dross (impure) (worthless).
Therefore, the Lord Jehovah says: 'I am going to gather you into Jerusalem. This is because all of you have become dross (impure) (worthless). As they gather silver and copper and iron and lead and tin into the furnace to blow fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in my anger and in my wrath and I will lay you there and melt (liquefy) you.
As they gather silver and copper and iron and lead and tin into the furnace to blow fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in my anger and in my wrath and I will lay you there and melt (liquefy) you. I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of my wrath. You will be melted in the midst of it.
I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of my wrath. You will be melted in the midst of it. As silver is melted in the furnace, you will be melted in the midst of her. You will know that I, Jehovah, have poured out my wrath on you.'
As silver is melted in the furnace, you will be melted in the midst of her. You will know that I, Jehovah, have poured out my wrath on you.'
People from Tarshish traded with you because you were so very rich. They exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your merchandise.
People from Tarshish traded with you because you were so very rich. They exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your merchandise.
People from Tarshish traded with you because you were so very rich. They exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your merchandise. Japan, Tubal and Meshech were your traders. They paid for your merchandise with the lives of men and vessels of bronze.
The traders of Sheba and Raamah traded with you. They paid for your wares with the best of all kinds of spices, and with all kinds of precious stones and gold.
I will not hold back punishment, said Jehovah, For the many transgressions of Damascus. This is because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron.
The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are dressed in scarlet: the chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the cypress tree [spears] are brandished.
A round flat weight made of lead was lifted up. There was a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah measure. He said: This is Wickedness. He tossed her down into the middle of the ephah measure. He threw the weight of lead on the opening.
I will bring the third part into the fire. I will refine them, as silver is refined, and I will test them as gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say: 'It is my people!' They will say: 'Jehovah is my God!'
He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver. He will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will offer to Jehovah offerings in righteousness.
A man named Demetrius, a silversmith made silver shrines of Diana. He brought a lot of business to the craftsmen.
The merchandise of gold and silver and precious stones, and of pearls, fine linen, purple and silk, scarlet, and everything in scented wood, all manner of ivory and all manner of most precious wood, of brass and iron and marble,