Iron:
Tubal-Cain is the first-mentioned worker in iron (Gen 4:22). The Egyptians wrought it at Sinai before the Exodus. David prepared it in great abundance for the temple (1Ch 22:3: 29:7). The merchants of Dan and Javan brought it to the market of Tyre (Eze 27:19). Various instruments are mentioned as made of iron (Deu 27:5; 19:5; Jos 17:16,18; 1Sa 17:7; 2Sa 12:31; 2Ki 6:5,6; 1Ch 22:3; Isa 10:34).
Figuratively, a yoke of iron (Deu 28:48) denotes hard service; a rod of iron (Psa 2:9), a stern government; a pillar of iron (Jer 1:18), a strong support; a furnace of iron (Deu 4:20), severe labour; a bar of iron (Job 40:18), strength; fetters of iron (Psa 107:10), affliction; giving silver for iron (Isa 60:17), prosperity.
Iron: Dug Out of the Earth
Iron: Of Greater Gravity than Water
Iron: Admits of a High Polish
Iron: Of Small Comparative Value
Iron: From the North Hardest and Best
Iron: Used from the Earliest Age
Iron: Made Into
Armour
Weapons of war
Chariots
Implements for husbandry
Tools for artificers
Graving tools
Gates
Nails and hinges
Bars
Fetters
Yokes
Idols
Bedsteads
Pillars
Rods
Iron: Sharpens Things Made Of
Iron: Mode of Purifying, Taken in War
Iron: Miraculously Made to Swim
Iron:
(pious)
(1.) One of the cities of Naphtali (Joshua 19:38) hitherto totally unknown.
(2.) is mentioned with brass as the earliest of known metals (Genesis 4:22). The natural wealth in iron of the soil of Canaan is indicated by describing it as "a land whose stones are iron." (Deuteronomy 8:9). (Recent explorations have shown that iron ore is abundant in the northern part of Palestine.-ED.) The book of Job contains passages which indicate that iron was a metal well known. Sheet‐iron was used for cooking utensils (Ezekiel 4:3; cf. Levi 7:9). That it was plentiful in the time of David appears from 1 Chronicles 22:3. The market of Tyre was supplied with bright or polished iron by the merchants of by Dan and Javan (Ezekiel 27:19). The Chalybes of the Pontus were celebrated as workers in iron in very ancient times. The product of their labor is supposed to be alluded to in Jeremiah 16:12 as being of superior quality. Specimens of Assyrian iron‐work overlaid with bronze were discovered by Mr. Layard, and are now in the British Museum. Iron weapons of various kinds were found at Nimroud, but fell to pieces on exposure to the air.
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