Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on 1 Chronicles 29:2

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I have prepared: Ch1 22:3-5, Ch1 22:14-16 with all: Ch2 31:20, Ch2 31:21; Ecc 9:10; Co2 8:3; Col 3:23; Pe1 4:10, Pe1 4:11 the gold: Ch1 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; Exo 28:17, Exo 28:20, Exo 39:6, Exo 39:13; Job 28:16; Isa 54:11, Isa 54:12; 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 Παριον or Παρινον, 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. 1 Chronicles 29:3

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