. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . K. vi. 1; 2 Chr. xxvi. 14; Is. xliv. 12, liv. 16).The worker in gold and silvermust have found employment bothamong the Hebrews and the neigh-boring nations in very early times,as appears from the ornamentssent by Abraham to Rebekah(Gen. xxiv. 22, 53, xxxv. 4, ; Deut. vii. 25). Engraver;Ornaments, Personal ; Stones, Precious.) But, whatever skill the Hebrews possess-ed, it is quite clear that they must have learned muchfrom Egypt and its iron furnaces, both in metal-work and in the arts of setting and polishing preciousstones. Various proce
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . K. vi. 1; 2 Chr. xxvi. 14; Is. xliv. 12, liv. 16).The worker in gold and silvermust have found employment bothamong the Hebrews and the neigh-boring nations in very early times,as appears from the ornamentssent by Abraham to Rebekah(Gen. xxiv. 22, 53, xxxv. 4, ; Deut. vii. 25). Engraver;Ornaments, Personal ; Stones, Precious.) But, whatever skill the Hebrews possess-ed, it is quite clear that they must have learned muchfrom Egypt and its iron furnaces, both in metal-work and in the arts of setting and polishing preciousstones. Various processes of the goldsmiths workare illustrated by Egyptian monuments. After theconquest frequent notices are found both of mouldedand wrought metal, including soldering, which lasthad long been known in Egypt; but the Pheniciansappear to have possessed greater skill than the Jewsin these arts, at least in Solomons time (Judg. , 2V, xvii. 4; IK. vii. 13, 45, 46 ; Is. xli. V ; 4 ; Ecclus. xxxviii. 28 ; Bar. vi. 50, 55, 5*7). (An-. 360 HAN HAN vil ; Bellows ; Furnace ; Hammer ; Metals ; Tool,&c.)—2. The work of the carpenter is often mentioned
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