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'Stones' in the Bible

The king commanded, and they cut out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone.

Verse ConceptsFoundationsBuildingHousesFoundations Of Buildings

Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.

Verse ConceptsCarpentersBuildingHousesImmigrantscraftsmanshipconstruction

All these were of costly stones, even of cut stone, according to measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside, even from the foundation to the coping, and so on the outside to the great court.

Verse ConceptsToolsCarpentry ToolsSawsstructure

The foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.

Verse ConceptsFoundationsFoundations Of BuildingsDimensions Of Other Things

Above were costly stones, even cut stone, according to measure, and cedar wood.

Verse ConceptsCedar WoodWood And Stone

She came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bore spices, and very much gold, and precious stones; and when she was come to Solomon, she talked with him of all that was in her heart.

Verse ConceptsJewelsPrecious StonesJewellery

She gave the king one hundred twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones. There came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.

Verse ConceptsTalentsCoinageGoldHerbs And SpicesPresentsJewelleryPeople Giving Other ThingsWeights Of GoldGifts And Talents

The navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees and precious stones.

Verse ConceptsGoldSeafaringCommerceShips For TradingJewellery

The king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.

Verse ConceptsCedarSilverSycamoresTreesCedar WoodThe Shephelah

Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the men subject to forced labor; and all Israel stoned him to death with stones. King Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsChariotsHasty ActionForced LabourKilling Named Individuals

Then king Asa made a proclamation to all Judah; none was exempted: and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, with which Baasha had built; and king Asa built therewith Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.

Verse ConceptsExemptCarrying Other LoadsWood And Stone

Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of Yahweh came, saying, "Israel shall be your name."

Verse ConceptsThe Number TwelveJacob, The PatriarchGod Renaming PeopleTwelve TribesTwelve Things

With the stones he built an altar in the name of Yahweh. He made a trench around the altar, large enough to contain two measures of seed.

Verse ConceptsFurrowsWeights And Measures, DryOther Volume Measures

Then the fire of Yahweh fell, and consumed the burnt offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

Verse ConceptsFireAnswers By FireFire From HeavenBurning Sacrifices

The two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him. The base fellows testified against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, "Naboth cursed God and the king!" Then they carried him out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.

Verse ConceptsCriminalsTwo WitnessesTwo WitnessesCursing GodKilling Named Individuals

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