- Dug out of the earth Job 28:2
- DESCRIBED AS
- Strong and durable Job 40:18; Da 2:40
- Fusible Eze 22:20
- Malleable Isa 2:4
- Of greater gravity than water 2Ki 6:5
- Admits of a high polish Eze 27:19
- Hardened into steel 2Sa 22:35; Job 20:24
- Of small comparative value Isa 60:17
- The land of Canaan abounded with De 8:9; 33:25
- From the north hardest and best Jer 15:12
- Used from the earliest age Ge 4:22
- MADE INTO
- Armour 2Sa 23:7; Re 9:9
- Weapons of war 1Sa 13:19; 17:7
- Chariots Jud 4:3
- Implements for husbandry 1Sa 13:20,21; 2Sa 12:31
- Tools for artificers Jos 8:31; 1Ki 6:7
- Graving tools Job 19:24; Jer 17:1
- Gates Ac 12:10
- Nails and hinges 1Ch 22:3
- Bars Ps 107:16; Isa 45:2
- Fetters Ps 105:18; 149:8
- Yokes De 28:48; Jer 28:13,14
- Idols Da 5:4,23
- Bedsteads De 3:11
- Pillars Jer 1:18
- Rods Ps 2:9; Re 2:27
- Sharpens things made of Pr 27:17
- Working in, a trade 1Sa 13:19; 2Ch 2:7,14
- An article of commerce Eze 27:12,19; Re 18:12
- Great quantity of, provided for the temple 1Ch 22:3,14,16; 29:2
- Taken in war, often dedicated to God Jos 6:19,24
- Mode of purifying, taken in war Nu 31:21-23
- Miraculously made to swim 2Ki 6:6
- Illustrative
- Of strength Da 2:33,40
- Of stubbornness Isa 48:4
- Of severe affliction De 4:20; Ps 107:10
- Of a hard barren soil De 28:23
- Of severe exercise of power Ps 2:9; Re 2:27
- (Seared with,) of insensibility of conscience 1Ti 4:2
The New Topical Text Book
Iron
The New Topical Text Book, R. A. Torrey (1897). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.