→ Commandments engraved upon Ex 24:12; 31:18; 34:1-4; De 4:13; 5:22; 9:9-11; 10:1-3
→ The law of Moses written upon Jos 8:32
→ Houses built of Isa 9:10; Am 5:11
→ Temple built of 1Ki 5:17,18; 7:9-12; Mt 24:2; Lu 19:44; 21:5,6
→ Prepared in the quarries 1Ki 6:7
→ Hewn (cut) Ex 34:1; De 10:1; 1Ki 5:17; 6:36; 7:9; 2Ki 12:12; 22:6; 1Ch 22:2; 2Ch 34:11; La 3:9
→ Sawed 1Ki 7:9
→ Hewers (stone-cutters) of 1Ki 5:18; 2Ki 12:12; 1Ch 22:15
→ City walls built of Ne 4:3
→ Memorial pillars of Ge 28:18-22; 31:45-52; Jos 4:2-9,20-24; 24:25; 1Sa 7:12
→ Great, as landmarks (Some Hebrew mss. have “Abel”) 1Sa 6:18
→ Ezel 1Sa 20:19
→ Zoheleth 1Ki 1:9
→ Thrown upon accursed ground 2Ki 3:19,25
→ Used
- In building altars Jos 8:31
- For weighing (margin) Le 19:36
- For closing graves Mt 27:60; Mr 15:46; 16:3
→ Tombs hewn in Mt 27:60; Mr 15:46; 16:3
→ Idols made of De 4:28; 28:36,64; 29:17; 2Ki 19:18; Isa 37:19; Eze 20:32
→ Great, in Solomon' s temple 1Ki 5:17,18; 7:9-12
→ Magnificent, in Herod the Great' s temple Mr 13:1
→ Skill in throwing Jud 20:16; 1Ch 12:2
→ See SLINGS
→ See ADAMANT
→ See CHALCEDONY
→ See MARBLE
→ See ONYX
→ See PILLARS
→ See PRECIOUS, below
→ FIGURATIVE Ge 49:24; Zec 3:9
- Of temptation, “Stone of Stumbling,” Isa 8:14; Ro 9:33; 1Pe 2:8
- Of Christ, “a Tested Stone,” “a Precious Stone,” “a Sure Foundation,” Isa 28:16
- Of Christ' s rejection, the rejected Conerstone Ps 118:22; Mt 21:42-44; Mr 12:10; Lu 20:17,18; Ac 4:11; 1Pe 2:4
- The True Foundation Isa 28:16; Mt 16:18; 1Co 3:11; Eph 2:20; Re 21:14
- Of Christ, the Water of Life 1Co 10:4
- Of the impenitent heart Eze 36:26
- Of the witness of the Spirit, the white stone Re 2:17
→ SYMBOLICAL
→ PRECIOUS
- In the breastplate and ephod Ex 28:9-21; 39:6-14
- Voluntary offerings of, by the Israelites for the breastplate and ephod Ex 35:27
- Exported from Sheba 1Ki 10:2,10; 2Ch 9:9,10; Eze 27:22
- Ophir 1Ki 10:11
- Partial catalogue of Eze 28:13
- Seen in the foundation of the New Jerusalem in John' s apocalyptic vision Re 21:19,20
- In the crowns of kings 2Sa 12:30; 1Ch 20:2