13 occurrences

'Stones' in the Bible

By the king's orders great stones, stones of high price, were cut out, so that the base of the house might be made of squared stone.

Verse ConceptsFoundationsBuildingHousesFoundations Of Buildings

(And the stones used in the building of the house were squared at the place where they were cut out; there was no sound of hammer or axe or any iron instrument while they were building the house.)

Verse ConceptsBuildingIronMasonsToolsHammersThe First Templeconstruction

And the inner space was walled with three lines of squared stones and a line of cedar-wood boards.

Verse ConceptsSkillStoneworkCedar WoodThree Parts Of Constructions

Overhead were highly priced stones cut to measure, and cedar-wood.

Verse ConceptsCedar WoodWood And Stone

The great outer square all round was walled with three lines of squared stones and a line of cedar-wood boards, round about the open square inside the house of the Lord and the covered room of the king's house.

Verse ConceptsCourtyardCedarWallsCedar WoodThree Parts Of Constructions

There was nothing in the ark but the two flat stones which Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made an agreement with the children of Israel when they came out of the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, ContentsArk Of The Covenant, FunctionStonesTabletsEmpty ThingsStone ItemsTwo Stone TabletsCovenant Made At SinaiArk Of The Covenant

And the king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.

Verse ConceptsCedarSilverSycamoresTreesCedar WoodThe Shephelah

For they made high places and upright stones and wood pillars on every high hill and under every green tree;

Verse ConceptsHillsSacred PlacesPolytheismObelisksServing Asherah

Then King Asa got all Judah together, making every man come; and they took away the stones and the wood with which Baasha was building Ramah, and King Asa made use of them for building Geba in the land of Benjamin, and Mizpah.

Verse ConceptsExemptCarrying Other LoadsWood And Stone

And Elijah took twelve stones, the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the Lord had said, Israel will be your name:

Verse ConceptsThe Number TwelveJacob, The PatriarchGod Renaming PeopleTwelve TribesTwelve Things

And with the stones he made an altar to the name of the Lord; and he made a deep drain all round the altar, great enough to take two measures of seed.

Verse ConceptsFurrowsWeights And Measures, DryOther Volume Measures

Then the fire of the Lord came down, burning up the offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and drinking up the water in the drain.

Verse ConceptsFireAnswers By FireFire From HeavenBurning Sacrifices

And looking up, he saw by his head a cake cooked on the stones and a bottle of water. So he took food and drink and went to sleep again.

Verse ConceptsBakingHeatCoal, Uses OfDivine SuppliesWater ContainersBaking Breadcooking

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