→ Valuable for building purposes Isa 9:10
→ David's ample provision of, in Jerusalem, for the temple 2Ch 1:15; 2:3,4
→ Furnished by Hiram, king of Tyre, for Solomon's temple 1Ki 5:6-10; 9:11; 2Ch 2:16
→ Used
- In rebuilding the temple Ezr 3:7
- In David's palace 2Sa 5:11; 1Ch 17:1
- In Solomon's palace 1Ki 7:2
- For masts of ships Eze 27:5
- In purifications Le 14:4,6,49-52; Nu 19:6
→ FIGURATIVE Ps 72:16; 92:12; Isa 2:13; 14:8; Jer 22:7; Eze 31:3; Zec 11:2