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Stones
Nave’s Topical Bible, 1897 · source
- Commandments engraved upon Exodus 24:12Exodus 31:18Exodus 34:1–4Deuteronomy 4:13Deuteronomy 5:22Deuteronomy 9:9–11Deuteronomy 10:1–3
- The law of Moses written upon Joshua 8:32
- Houses built of Isaiah 9:10Amos 5:11
- Temple built of 1 Kings 5:171 Kings 5:181 Kings 7:9–12Matthew 24:2Luke 19:44Luke 21:5Luke 21:6
- Prepared in the quarries 1 Kings 6:7
- Hewn (cut) Exodus 34:1Deuteronomy 10:11 Kings 5:171 Kings 6:361 Kings 7:92 Kings 12:122 Kings 22:61 Chronicles 22:22 Chronicles 34:11Lamentations 3:9
- Sawed 1 Kings 7:9
- Hewers (stone-cutters) of 1 Kings 5:182 Kings 12:121 Chronicles 22:15
- City walls built of Nehemiah 4:3
- Memorial pillars of Genesis 28:18–22Genesis 31:45–52Joshua 4:2–9Joshua 4:20–24Joshua 24:251 Samuel 7:12
- Great, as landmarks (Some Hebrew mss. have "Abel") 1 Samuel 6:18
- Ezel 1 Samuel 20:19
- Zoheleth 1 Kings 1:9
- Thrown upon accursed ground 2 Kings 3:192 Kings 3:25
- Used
- In building altars Joshua 8:31
- For weighing (margin) Leviticus 19:36
- For closing graves Matthew 27:60Mark 15:46Mark 16:3
- Tombs hewn in Matthew 27:60Mark 15:46Mark 16:3
- Idols made of Deuteronomy 4:28Deuteronomy 28:36Deuteronomy 28:64Deuteronomy 29:172 Kings 19:18Isaiah 37:19Ezekiel 20:32
- Great, in Solomon' s temple 1 Kings 5:171 Kings 5:181 Kings 7:9–12
- Magnificent, in Herod the Great' s temple Mark 13:1
- Skill in throwing Judges 20:161 Chronicles 12:2
- See SLINGS
- See Adamant
- See Chalcedony
- See Marble
- See Onyx
- See PILLARS
- See PRECIOUS
- FIGURATIVE Genesis 49:24Zechariah 3:9
- Of temptation, "Stone of Stumbling," Isaiah 8:14Romans 9:331 Peter 2:8
- Of Christ, "a Tested Stone," "a Precious Stone," "a Sure Foundation," Isaiah 28:16
- Of Christ' s rejection, the rejected Conerstone Psalms 118:22Matthew 21:42–44Mark 12:10Luke 20:17Luke 20:18Acts 4:111 Peter 2:4
- The True Foundation Isaiah 28:16Matthew 16:181 Corinthians 3:11Ephesians 2:20Revelation 21:14
- Of Christ, the Water of Life 1 Corinthians 10:4
- Of the impenitent heart Ezekiel 36:26
- Of the witness of the Spirit, the white stone Revelation 2:17
- SYMBOLICAL
- Of the kingdom of Christ Daniel 2:34Daniel 2:45
- PRECIOUS
- In the breastplate and Exodus 28:9–21Exodus 39:6–14
- Voluntary offerings of, by the Israelites for the breastplate and ephod Exodus 35:27
- Exported from Sheba 1 Kings 10:21 Kings 10:102 Chronicles 9:92 Chronicles 9:10Ezekiel 27:22
- Ophir 1 Kings 10:11
- Partial catalogue of Ezekiel 28:13
- Seen in the foundation of the New Jerusalem in John' s vision Revelation 21:19Revelation 21:20
- In the crowns of kings 2 Samuel 12:301 Chronicles 20:2
- FIGURATIVE Isaiah 54:11Isaiah 54:12
- See Agate
- See Amethyst
- See Beryl
- See Carbuncle
- See CHRYSOLITE
- See Chrysoprasus
- See Coral
- See Crystal
- See Diamond
- See Emerald
- See Jacinth
- See Jasper
- See Ligure
- See Ruby
- See Sapphire
- See Sardius
- See Sardonyx
- See Topaz