1 Chr 29:2

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I have prepared.

1Chr 22:3-5; 1Chr 22:14-16

with all.

2Chr 31:20; 2Chr 31:21; Eccl 9:10; 2Cor 8:3; Col 3:23; 1Pet 4:10; 1Pet 4:11

the gold.

1Chr 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.

Gen 2:12; Exod 28:17; Exod 28:20; Exod 39:6; Exod 39:13; Job 28:16; Isa 54:11; Isa 54:12

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.