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TWOT Reference: 529a
gold
as precious metal
as a measure of weight
of brilliance, splendour (fig.)
Strong's Number H2091 matches the Hebrew זָהָב (zāhāḇ),
which occurs 49 times in 41 verses in '2Ch'
in the WLC Hebrew.
The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar as abundant as sycamore in the Judean foothills.
Therefore, send me an artisan who is skilled in engraving to work with gold, silver, bronze, and iron, and with purple, crimson, and blue yarn. He will work with the artisans who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, appointed by my father David.
He is the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan. His father is a man of Tyre. He knows how to work with gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, with purple, blue, crimson yarn, and fine linen. He knows how to do all kinds of engraving and to execute any design that may be given him. I have sent him to be with your artisans and the artisans of my lord, your father David.
The portico, which was across the front extending across the width of the temple, was thirty feet wide; its height was thirty feet;[fn] he overlaid its inner surface with pure gold.
The larger room[fn] he paneled with cypress wood, overlaid with fine gold, and decorated with palm trees and chains.
He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was the gold of Parvaim.
He overlaid the temple — the beams, the thresholds, its walls and doors — with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.
Then he made the most holy place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple, 30 feet, and its width was 30 feet. He overlaid it with forty-five thousand pounds[fn] of fine gold.
The weight of the nails was twenty ounces[fn] of gold, and he overlaid the ceiling with gold.
He made two cherubim of sculptured work, for the most holy place, and he overlaid them with gold.
He made the ten gold lampstands according to their specifications and put them in the sanctuary, five on the right and five on the left.
He made ten tables and placed them in the sanctuary, five on the right and five on the left. He also made a hundred gold bowls.
Solomon also made all the equipment in God’s temple: the gold altar; the tables on which to put the Bread of the Presence;
the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold to burn in front of the inner sanctuary according to specifications;
the wick trimmers, sprinkling basins, ladles,[fn] and firepans — of purest gold; and the entryway to the temple, its inner doors to the most holy place, and the doors of the temple sanctuary — of gold.
So all the work Solomon did for the LORD’s temple was completed. Then Solomon brought the consecrated things of his father David — the silver, the gold, and all the utensils — and put them in the treasuries of God’s temple.
The queen of Sheba heard of Solomon’s fame, so she came to test Solomon with difficult questions at Jerusalem with a very large entourage, with camels bearing spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones. She came to Solomon and spoke with him about everything that was on her mind.
Then she gave the king four and a half tons[fn] of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There never were such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
In addition, Hiram’s servants and Solomon’s servants who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.
besides what was brought by the merchants and traders. All the Arabian kings and governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.
King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; 15 pounds[fn] of hammered gold went into each shield.
He made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; 7 1/2 pounds[fn] of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
The throne had six steps; there was a footstool covered in gold for the throne, armrests on either side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests.
All of King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, since it was considered as nothing in Solomon’s time,
for the king’s ships kept going to Tarshish with Hiram’s servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.[fn]
So King Shishak of Egypt went to war against Jerusalem. He seized the treasuries of the LORD’s temple and the treasuries of the royal palace. He took everything. He took the gold shields that Solomon had made.
“And now you are saying you can assert yourselves against the LORD’s kingdom, which is in the hand of one of David’s sons. You are a vast number and have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.[fn]
“They offer a burnt offering and fragrant incense to the LORD every morning and every evening, and they set the rows of the Bread of the Presence on the ceremonially clean table. They light the lamps of the gold lampstand every evening. We are carrying out the requirements of the LORD our God, while you have abandoned him.
He brought his father’s consecrated gifts and his own consecrated gifts into God’s temple: silver, gold, and utensils.
So Asa brought out the silver and gold from the treasuries of the LORD’s temple and the royal palace and sent it to Aram’s King Ben-hadad, who lived in Damascus, saying,
“There’s a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. Look, I have sent you silver and gold. Go break your treaty with Israel’s King Baasha so that he will withdraw from me.”
Their father had given them many gifts of silver, gold, and valuable things, along with fortified cities in Judah, but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn.
When they finished, they presented the rest of the silver to the king and Jehoiada, who made articles for the LORD’s temple with it — articles for ministry and for making burnt offerings, and ladles[fn] and articles of gold and silver. They regularly offered burnt offerings in the LORD’s temple throughout Jehoiada’s life.
He took all the gold, silver, all the utensils that were found with Obed-edom in God’s temple, the treasures of the king’s palace, and the hostages. Then he returned to Samaria.
Hezekiah had abundant riches and glory, and he made himself treasuries for silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and every desirable item.
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