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Silver

Veins of, found in the earth - Job 28:1

Generally found in an impure state - Pr 25:4

Comparative value of - Isa 60:17

DESCRIBED AS

• White and shining
- Ps 68:13,14
• Fusible
- Eze 22:20,22
• Malleable
- Jer 10:9

Purified by fire - Pr 17:3; Zec 13:9

PURIFIED, CALLED

• Refined silver
- 1Ch 29:4
• Choice silver
- Pr 8:19

Tarshish carried on extensive commerce in - Jer 10:9; Eze 27:12

The patriarchs rich in - Ge 13:2; 24:35

Used as money from the earliest times - Ge 23:15,16; 37:28; 1Ki 16:24

Very abundant in the reign of Solomon - 1Ki 10:21,22,27; 2Ch 9:20,21,27

The working in, a trade - Ac 19:24

MADE INTO

• Cups
- Ge 44:2
• Dishes
- Nu 7:13,84,85
• Bowls
- Nu 7:13,84
• Thin plates
- Jer 10:9
• Chains
- Isa 40:19
• Wires (alluded to)
- Ec 12:6
• Sockets for the boards of the tabernacle
- Ex 26:19,25,32; 36:24,26,30,36
• Ornaments and hooks for the pillars of the tabernacle
- Ex 27:17; 38:19
• Candlesticks
- 1Ch 28:15
• Tables
- 1Ch 28:16
• Beds or couches
- Es 1:6
• Vessels
- 2Sa 8:10; Ezr 6:5
• Idols
- Ps 115:4; Isa 2:20; 30:22
• Ornaments for the person
- Ex 3:22

Given by the Israelite for making the tabernacle - Ex 25:3; 35:24

Given by David and his subjects for making the temple - 1Ch 28:14; 29:2,6-9

Taken in war often consecrated to God - Jos 6:19; 2Sa 8:11; 1Ki 15:15

Taken in war purified by fire - Nu 31:22,23

Often given as presents - 1Ki 10:25; 2Ki 5:5,23

Tribute often paid in - 2Ch 17:11; Ne 5:15

ILLUSTRATIVE

• Of the words of the Lord
- Ps 12:6
• Of the tongue of the just
- Pr 10:20
• Of good rulers
- Isa 1:22,23
• Of the Medo-Persian kingdom
- Da 2:32,39
• Of saints purified by affliction
- Ps 66:10; Zec 13:9
• (Labour of seeking for,) of diligence required for
attaining knowledge - Pr 2:4
• (Reprobate,) of the wicked
- Jer 6:30
• (Dross of,) of the wicked
- Isa 1:22; Eze 22:18

Wisdom to be esteemed more than - Job 28:15; Pr 3:14; 8:10,19; 16:16

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