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1Ch 29:2 — Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for [things to be made] of gold, and the silver for [things] of silver, and the brass for [things] of brass, the iron for [things] of iron, and wood for [things] of wood; onyx stones, and [stones] to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

I have prepared		1Ch 22:3-5,14-16
with all		2Ch 31:20,21; Ecc 9:10; 2Cr 8:3; Col 3:23; 1Pe 4:10,11
the gold		1Ch 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; Exd 28:17,20; Exd 39:6,13; Job 28:16; Isa 54:11,12; Rev 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."

Correlating Passages

I have prepared

	1Ch 22:3	And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;
	1Ch 22:4	Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.
	1Ch 22:5	And David said, Solomon my son [is] young and tender, and the house [that is] to be builded for the LORD [must be] exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will [therefore] now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.
	1Ch 22:14	Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.
	1Ch 22:15	Moreover [there are] workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work.
	1Ch 22:16	Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, [there is] no number. Arise [therefore], and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.

with all

	2Ch 31:20	And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought [that which was] good and right and truth before the LORD his God.
	2Ch 31:21	And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did [it] with all his heart, and prospered.
	Ecc 9:10	Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for [there is] no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
	2Cr 8:3	For to [their] power, I bear record, yea, and beyond [their] power [they were] willing of themselves;
	Col 3:23	And whatsoever ye do, do [it] heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
	1Pe 4:10	As every man hath received the gift, [even so] minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
	1Pe 4:11	If any man speak, [let him speak] as the oracles of God; if any man minister, [let him do it] as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

the gold

	1Ch 28:14	[He gave] of gold by weight for [things] of gold, for all instruments of all manner of service; [silver also] for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service:
	1Ch 28:15	Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, [both] for the candlestick, and [also] for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick.
	1Ch 28:16	And by weight [he gave] gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and [likewise] silver for the tables of silver:
	1Ch 28:17	Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basons [he gave gold] by weight for every bason; and [likewise silver] by weight for every bason of silver:
	1Ch 28:18	And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out [their wings], and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

onyx stones

	Gen 2:12	And the gold of that land [is] good: there [is] bdellium and the onyx stone.
	Exd 28:17	And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, [even] four rows of stones: [the first] row [shall be] a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: [this shall be] the first row.
	Exd 28:20	And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.
	Exd 39:6	And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.
	Exd 39:13	And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: [they were] inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.
	Job 28:16	It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
	Isa 54:11	O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, [and] not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
	Isa 54:12	And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
	Rev 21:18	And the building of the wall of it was [of] jasper: and the city [was] pure gold, like unto clear glass.
	Rev 21:19	And the foundations of the wall of the city [were] garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation [was] jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
	Rev 21:20	The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
	Rev 21:21	And the twelve gates [were] twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city [was] pure gold, as it were transparent glass.

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