STONES
Commandments engraved upon EXO 24:12; 31:18; 34:1-4; DEU 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; AMO 5:11
Temple built of 1KI 5:17,18; 7:9-12; MAT 24:2; LUK 19:44; 21:5,6
Prepared in the quarries 1KI 6:7
Hewn (cut) EXO 34:1; DEU 10:1; 1KI 5:17; 6:36; 7:9; 2KI 12:12; 22:6; 1CH 22:2; 2CH 34:11; LAM 3:9
Sawed 1KI 7:9
Hewers (stone-cutters) of 1KI 5:18; 2KI 12:12; 1CH 22:15
City walls built of NEH 4:3
Memorial pillars of GEN 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) LEV 19:36
For closing graves MAT 27:60; MRK 15:46; 16:3
Tombs hewn in MAT 27:60; MRK 15:46; 16:3
Idols made of DEU 4:28; 28:36,64; 29:17; 2KI 19:18; ISA 37:19; EZK 20:32
Great, in Solomon' s temple 1KI 5:17,18; 7:9-12
Magnificent, in Herod the Great' s temple MRK 13:1
Skill in throwing JDG 20:16; 1CH 12:2
See SLINGS
See ADAMANT
See CHALCEDONY
See MARBLE
See ONYX
See PILLARS
See PRECIOUS, below
FIGURATIVE GEN 49:24; ZEC 3:9
Of temptation, "Stone of Stumbling," ISA 8:14; ROM 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 PSA 118:22; MAT 21:42-44; MRK 12:10; LUK 20:17,18; ACT 4:11; 1PE 2:4
The True Foundation ISA 28:16; MAT 16:18; 1CO 3:11; EPH 2:20; REV 21:14
Of Christ, the Water of Life 1CO 10:4
Of the impenitent heart EZK 36:26
Of the witness of the Spirit, the white stone REV 2:17
SYMBOLICAL
Of the kingdom of Christ DAN 2:34,45
PRECIOUS
In the breastplate and ephod EXO 28:9-21; 39:6-14
Voluntary offerings of, by the Israelites for the breastplate and ephod EXO 35:27
Exported from Sheba 1KI 10:2,10; 2CH 9:9,10; EZK 27:22
Ophir 1KI 10:11
Partial catalogue of EZK 28:13
Seen in the foundation of the New Jerusalem in John' s apocalyptic vision REV 21:19,20
In the crowns of kings 2SA 12:30; 1CH 20:2
FIGURATIVE ISA 54:11,12
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
