* I have prepared.
# 22:3-5,14-16|
* with all.
# 2Ch 31:20,21; Ec 9:10; 2Co 8:3; Col 3:23; 1Pe 4:10,11|
* the gold.
# 28:14-18|
* onyx stones.
{Avney shoham,} which was, probably, not the precious stone or
gem called onyx, but a marble called in Greek {onychites,}
which Pliny mentions as a stone Caramania; for one would
hardly think that gems of any kind were used externally in
such a building as the temple. Antiquity gave both stones
this name, because of their resemblance to the nail of the
finger.
# Ge 2:12; Ex 28:17,20; 39:6,13; Job 28:16; Isa 54:11,12|
# Re 21:18-21|
* glistering stones.
{Avney phuch} seems to denote a kind of black marble, so
called from its colour resembling stibium: so Vulgate {quasi
stibinos.}
* marble stones.
{Avney shayish} is rendered in the Targum {avney marmoraiyah,}
"stones of marble," and by the LXX., and Vulgate [Parion] or
[Parinon,] or {marmor Parium,} "Parium marble," which was
remarkable for its bright white colour. Josephus says that
the temple was built of large blocks of white marble,
beautifully polished, so as to produce a most splendid
appearance.
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