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Smiths Bible Dictionary
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Silver In very early times silver was used for ornaments, Ge 24:53 and for vessels of various kinds. Images for idolatrous worship were made of silver or overlaid with it, Ex 20:23; Ho 13:2; Habb 2:19 Bar. 6:39, and the manufacture of silver shrines for Diana was a trade in Ephesus. Ac 19:24 But its chief use was as a medium of exchange, and throughout the Old Testament we find "silver" used for money, like the French argent. Silver was brought to Solomon from Arabia, 2Ch 9:14 and from Tarshish, 2Ch 9:21 which supplied the markets of Tyre. Eze 27:12 From Tarshish it came int he form of plates, Jer 10:9 like those on which the sacred books of the Singhalese are written to this day. Spain appears to have been the chief source whence silver was obtained by the ancients. Possibly the hills of Israel may have afforded some supply of this metal. Silvers mixed with alloy is referred to in Jer 6:30 and a finer kind, either purer in itself or more thoroughly purified, is mentioned in Pr 8:19 |
Smith, William, Dr "Definition for 'Silver' Smiths Bible Dictionary".
bible-history.com - Smiths; 1901.
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