* 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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