From Nave’s Topical Bible
Carving
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 15Passages listed
- 8Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- Woodwork of the temple was decorated with carvings of flowers, cherubim, and palm trees1 Kings 6:181 Kings 6:291 Kings 6:321 Kings 6:35Psalms 74:6
- Beds decorated withProverbs 7:16
- Idols manufactured byDeuteronomy 7:5Isaiah 44:9–17Isaiah 45:20Habakkuk 2:18Habakkuk 2:19
- Persons skilled in
- BezaleelExodus 31:5
- Hiram1 Kings 7:13–512 Chronicles 2:132 Chronicles 2:14
The passages, in Bible order (15)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 15 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Exodus 31:5
to cut gemstones for settings, and to carve wood, so that he may be a master of every craft.
Commentary on Exodus 31:51 voice
And in cutting of stones to set them,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Deuteronomy 7:5
Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 7:51 voice
But thus shall ye deal with them,.... The inhabitants of the land of Canaan: ye shall destroy their altars; on which they sacrificed to their idols: and break down their images; of their gods, and the statues and pillars erected to the honour of them: and cut down their groves; sacred to idols, which were usually planted on hills, and about Heathen temples, and under which idols were placed to be worshipped.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 1 Kings 6:18
The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.
Commentary on 1 Kings 6:182 voices
We have said of cedarwood that it betokened the unsurpassable beauty of the virtues. Now the entire house is covered inside with this wood when the hearts of the righteous begin to shine with nothing but the love of good works, and the house has …
Bede· Of the Temple of Solomon 1.11.1, 735Patristic
And the cedar of the house within,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 1 Kings 6:29
Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.
Commentary on 1 Kings 6:292 voices
Solomon makes cherubim in the temple walls when the Lord grants to his elect to guide their lives according to the rule of the holy Scriptures, which contain a great store of knowledge. He makes cherubim when he teaches them to imitate in this world, …
Bede· Of the Temple of Solomon 1.14.2, 735Patristic
And he carved all the walls of the house about with carved figures of cherubim, and palm trees, and open flowers,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 1 Kings 6:32
The double doors were made of olive wood, and he carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold.
Commentary on 1 Kings 6:322 voices
Now all these items, that is, cherubim and palm trees and carvings in the adornment of the temple walls, have been set forth and explained above according to our ability. There is no need to go to the trouble of adding anything further. For the …
Bede· Of the Temple of Solomon 1.16.1, 735Patristic
The two doors also were of olive tree,.... The two leaves of the door, as before observed, repeated for the sake of the ornament of them, as follows: and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims, and palm trees, and open flowers; as upon the walls, 1Ki 6:29; and overlaid them with gold; the two doors: and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees; thin plates of gold.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 1 Kings 6:35
He carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold, hammered evenly over the carvings.
Commentary on 1 Kings 6:351 voice
[These symbols] have already been expounded above, because the same representations or carvings were wrought on the walls of the house and on the inner doors, and the meaning of the figures is obviously that the first door of the temple actually received the same …
Bede· Of the Temple of Solomon 1.16.8, 735Patristic
- 1 Kings 7:13–51
Now King Solomon sent to bring Huram from Tyre.
Commentary on 1 Kings 7:13–512 voices
And this was done on account of the mystery. For the Tyrian craftsman whom Solomon employed to help in his work stands for the ministers of the word chosen from the Gentiles. The allusion to this man as a craftsman is a beautiful touch because …
Bede· Of the Temple of Solomon 2.18.3, 735Patristic
And King Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. Not the king of Tyre, but an artificer in it, after described, whom Solomon had heard and upon his request Huram sent him to him, 2Ch 2:13 his name is called Hyperon by Clemens of Alexandria (l). (l) Stromat. l. 1. p. 332.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 2 Chronicles 2:13
So now I am sending you Huram-abi, a skillful man endowed with creativity.
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 2:131 voice
And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 2 Chronicles 2:14
He is the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, and his father is a man of Tyre. He is skilled in work with gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and wood, purple, blue, and crimson yarn, and fine linen. He is experienced in every kind of engraving and can execute any design that is given him. He will work with your craftsmen and with those of my lord, your father David.
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 2:141 voice
The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan,.... Here follows an account of the descent of the artificer, and of his skill in working; of what seeming disagreement there may be in this account, with that in 1Ki 7:14; see Gill on 1Ki 7:14.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Psalms 74:6
and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.
Commentary on Psalms 74:61 voice
But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Proverbs 7:16
I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.
Commentary on Proverbs 7:162 voices
I have woven my bed with cords, etc. Beds that are woven with cords, or according to another translation, with withes, are usually softer than those made of wood, leather, or any other material. Therefore, with a bed woven with cords, the harlot designates the …
Bede· Commentary on Proverbs, 735Patristic
With a provocative movement of a prostitute, with a disrupted gait through delights, with wandering eyes, and with playful darting of her eyelids, she captures the precious souls of young men (for the eye of a prostitute is a snare of a sinner), and with doubtful perception, she accosts anyone passing by in the corner of her house, with charming words, causing the hearts of young men to flutter, restless at home, wandering in the streets, prodigal with kisses, cheap in modesty, rich in attire, painted cheeks.
Ambrose of Milan· On Cain and Abel, 397Patristic
- Isaiah 44:9–17
All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.
Commentary on Isaiah 44:9–172 voices
Isaiah sees that in the ensuing time a very great number of people will arise who all "will be ashamed" and who will cease from their continual error. They will be ashamed and hide their faces. If they persist in their error, however, they will be given over to destruction at the time of judgment. But this word is also for those of us now in the present.
Eusebius of Caesarea· COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 2:26, 339Patristic
They that make a graven image are all of them vanity,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Isaiah 45:20
Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save.
Commentary on Isaiah 45:202 voices
(Vers. 18 seqq.) Because this is what the Lord says, the one who created the heavens, the one who formed the earth and made it, the one who established it; he did not create it in vain, but formed it to be inhabited. I am the Lord, and there is no other. I did not speak in secret, in a dark place on the earth. I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, 'Seek me in vain.' I am the Lord, speaking truth, declaring what is right.
Jerome· Commentary on Isaiah, 420Patristic
(Vers. 20) Gather together and come, draw near, you who have been saved from the nations. They have no knowledge, those who carry about their wooden idols and pray to a god who cannot save. LXX: Assemble yourselves, and come, and draw near together, ye that are saved of the Gentiles: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven work, and pray to a god that cannot save.
Jerome· Commentary on Isaiah, 420Patristic
- Habakkuk 2:18
What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it— or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.
Commentary on Habakkuk 2:181 voice
(Verse 18.) What profit is there in a carved image, because the maker thereof hath carved it, a molten and a false image? because the maker thereof hath trusted in his own workmanship, to make dumb idols. LXX: What profit is there in a carved image, because they have carved it, and fashioned it by the molten workman, a false image? because the artificer thereof hath trusted in his own workmanship, to make dumb idols.
Jerome· Commentary on Habakkuk, 420Patristic
- Habakkuk 2:19
Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”
Commentary on Habakkuk 2:191 voice
(Verse 19, 20). Woe to him who says to wood, 'Wake up!' or to silent stone (or lying stone), 'Arise!' Can it give instruction? Look, it is covered with gold and silver, but there is no breath in its midst. The Lord, however, is in his holy temple; let all the earth be silent before him. LXX: Woe to him who says to wood, 'Wake up!' and to the stone, 'Rise!' and it is the image, the production of gold and silver, but there is no spirit in it.
Jerome· Commentary on Habakkuk, 420Patristic