GOLD

- Found in the earth Job 28:1,6 - ABOUNDED IN . Havilah Ge 2:11 . Ophir 1Ki 9:28; Ps 45:9 . Sheba Ps 72:15; Isa 60:6 . Parvaim 2Ch 3:6 - Belongs to God Joe 3:5; Hag 2:8 - DESCRIBED AS . Yellow Ps 68:13 . Malleable Ex 39:3; 1Ki 10:16,17 . Fusible Ex 32:3,4; Pr 17:3 . Precious Ezr 8:27; Isa 13:12 . Valuable Job 28:15,16 - Most valuable when pure and fine Job 28:19; Ps 19:10; 21:3; Pr 3:14 - Refined and tried by fire Zec 13:9; 1Pe 1:7 - Working in, a trade Ne 3:8; Isa 40:19 - An article of commerce Eze 27:22 - The patriarchs were rich in Ge 13:2 - Imported by Solomon 1Ki 9:11,28; 10:11 - Abundance of, in Solomon's reign 2Ch 1:15 - Offerings of, for tabernacle Ex 35:22 - Offerings of, for temple 1Ch 22:14; 29:4,7 - Used as money Mt 10:9; Ac 3:6 - Priestly and royal garments adorned with Ex 28:4-6; Ps 45:9,13 - WAS USED FOR . Overlaying the tabernacle Ex 36:34,38 . Overlaying the temple 1Ki 6:21,22 . Overlaying cherubims in temple 2Ch 3:10 . Overlaying the ark, Ex 25:11-13 . Overlaying floor of temple 1Ki 6:30 . Overlaying throne of Solomon 1Ki 10:18 . Mercy seat and cherubims Ex 25:17,18 . Sacred candlesticks Ex 25:31; 2Ch 4:7,20 . Sacred utensils Ex 25:29,38; 2Ch 4:19-22 . Crowns 2Sa 12:30; Ps 21:3 . Sceptres Es 4:11 . Chains Ge 41:42; Da 5:29 . Rings So 5:14; Jas 2:2 . Earrings Jud 8:24,26 . Ornaments Jer 4:30 . Shields 2Sa 8:7; 1Ki 10:16,17 . Vessels 1Ki 10:21; Es 1:7 . Idols Ex 20:23; Ps 115:4; Da 5:4 . Couches Es 1:6 . Footstools 2Ch 9:18 - Estimated by weight 1Ch 28:14 - Given as presents 1Ki 15:19; Mt 2:11 - Exacted as tribute 1Ki 20:3,5; 2Ki 23:33,35 - Taken in war, dedicated to God Jos 6:19; 2Sa 8:11; 1Ki 15:15 - Kings of Israel not to multiply De 17:17 - Jews condemned for multiplying Isa 2:7 - Vanity of heaping up Ec 2:8,11 - LIABLE TO . Grow dim La 4:1 . Canker and rust Jas 5:3 - ILLUSTRATIVE OF . Saints after affliction Job 23:10 . Tried faith 1Pe 1:7 . The doctrines of grace Re 3:18 . True converts 1Co 3:12 . Babylonish empire Da 2:38

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A well-known valuable metal, found in many parts of the world, and obtained anciently in Ophir, Job 28:16; Parvaim, 2Ch 3:6; Sheba, and Raamah, Eze 27:22. Job alludes to gold in various forms, Job 22:24 28:15-19. Abraham was rich in it, and female ornaments were early made of it, Ge 13:2 24:22,35. It is spoken of throughout Scripture; and the use of it among and ancient Hebrews, in its native and mixed state, and for the same purposes as at present, was very common. The Ark of the Covenant was overlaid with pure gold; the mercy seat, the vessels and utensils belonging to the tabernacle, and those also of the house of the Lord, as well as the drinking-vessels of Solomon, were of gold.

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Gold. Gold
(1.) Heb. zahab, so called from its yellow colour (Ex. 25:11; 1 Chr. 28:18; 2 Chr. 3:5).

(2.) Heb. segor, from its compactness, or as being enclosed or treasured up; thus precious or “fine gold” (1 Kings 6:20; 7:49).

(3.) Heb. paz, native or pure gold (Job 28:17; Ps. 19:10; 21:3, etc.).

(4.) Heb. betzer, “ore of gold or silver” as dug out of the mine (Job 36:19, where it means simply riches).

(5.) Heb. kethem, i.e., something concealed or separated (Job 28:16,19; Ps. 45:9; Prov. 25:12). Rendered “golden wedge” in Isa. 13:12.

(6.) Heb. haruts, i.e., dug out; poetic for gold (Prov. 8:10; 16:16; Zech. 9:3).

Gold was known from the earliest times (Gen. 2:11). It was principally used for ornaments (Gen. 24:22). It was very abundant (1 Chr. 22:14; Nah. 2:9; Dan. 3:1). Many tons of it were used in connection with the temple (2 Chr. 1:15). It was found in Arabia, Sheba, and Ophir (1 Kings 9:28; 10:1; Job 28:16), but not in Palestine.

In Dan. 2:38, the Babylonian Empire is spoken of as a “head of gold” because of its great riches; and Babylon was called by Isaiah (14:4) the “golden city” (R.V. marg., “exactress,” adopting the reading marhebah, instead of the usual word madhebah).

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GOLD. → Exported from Havilah Ge 2:11,12 → From Ophir 1Ki 9:28; 10:11; 1Ch 29:4; 2Ch 8:18; Job 22:24 → Tarshish 1Ki 22:48 → Parvaim 2Ch 3:6 → Sheba 1Ki 10:10; 2Ch 9:9; Ps 72:15 → Uphaz Jer 10:9 → Refined Job 28:19; 31:24; Pr 8:19; 17:3; 27:21; Zec 13:9; Mal 3:3 → Used in the arts
* Beaten work 2Ch 9:15
* Made into wire threads and worked into embroidered tapestry Ex 39:3
* Apparel Ps 45:9,13
* In ornamenting the priests' garments Ex 39
* Modeled into forms of fruits Pr 25:11
* Into ornaments Ge 24:22; Ex 3:22; 11:2; 28:11; Nu 31:50,51; So 1:10; 5:14; Eze 16:17
* Crowns made of Ex 25:25; 37:2-11; 39:30; Es 8:15; Ps 21:3; Zec 6:11
* The lampstands made of, for the tabernacle Ex 25:31-38; 37:17-24
* Shields of 1Ki 10:16,17
* Overlaying with Ex 25:11,13,24,28; with 25:1-40; 26:27,29; 30:5; 36:34,36,38; 37:2,4,11,15; 1Ki 6:20-22,28,30,32,35
* Bedsteads made of Es 1:6

→ Wedge of Jos 7:21; Isa 13:12 → Used as money Ge 44:8; with 44:1; 1Ch 21:25; Ezr 8:25-28; Isa 13:17; 60:9; Eze 7:19; 28:4; Mt 2:11; 10:9; Ac 3:6; 20:33; 1Pe 1:18 → Solomon rich in 1Ki 10:2,14,21 → Vessels and utensils made of, for the tabernacle Ex 25:26,29,38,39; 37:16 → For the temple 1Ch 18:11; 22:14,16; 29:2-7 → Altar lamps, and other articles made of 1Ki 7:48,49-51; 2Ki 25:15; Jer 52:19; Ezr 8:27; Da 5:3 → See: Overlaying with, above → Belongs to God Eze 16:17 → FIGURATIVE Ec 12:6; Jer 51:7; La 4:1; 1Co 3:12 → SYMBOLICAL Da 2:32-45; Re 21:18,21
* See GOLDSMITH

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(1) General References to Ge 2:12; Ex 12:35; 37:17; 39:15; 1Ki 9:28; 22:48; 1Ch 29:4 2Ch 1:15; Ec 2:8; Joe 3:5; Zep 1:18; Hag 2:8; Ac 3:6; 20:33 1Pe 1:18 --SEE Riches, RICHES (2) Some Things more Precious than Job 28:15; Ps 19:10; 119:127; Pr 3:14; 8:19; Isa 13:12

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gold. Gold, n. the most precious of all metals

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{ Gold (gōld), Golde, Goolde (go͞old), } n. (Bot.) An old English name of some yellow flower, — the marigold (Calendula), according to Dr. Prior, but in Chaucer perhaps the turnsole.