From Nave’s Topical Bible
Pillar
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.
- 27Passages listed
- 13Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- Of Solomon's temple1 Kings 7:13–222 Kings 25:17
- Broken and carried to Babylon2 Kings 25:13Jeremiah 52:17Jeremiah 52:20Jeremiah 52:21
- Of Solomon's palaces1 Kings 7:6
- Used to mark roadsJeremiah 31:21
- Pillar of salt, Lot's wife turned toGenesis 19:26Luke 17:32
- Monuments erected to commemorate events
- By Jacob, his vision of angels with 31:13; 35:14Genesis 28:18
- By Jacob, his covenant with LabanGenesis 31:45
- By Moses, the covenant between Jehovah and IsraelExodus 24:4
- By Joshua, the crossing of the Jordan River withJoshua 4:1–9Deuteronomy 27:2–6Joshua 8:30
- By Joshua, at Shechem withJoshua 24:25–27Judges 9:6
- By Samuel, the defeat of the Philistines1 Samuel 7:12
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- By Absalom, to keep his name alive2 Samuel 18:18
- As a boundary with 18:17Joshua 15:6
- As a road sign1 Samuel 20:19
- As a landmark2 Samuel 20:81 Kings 1:9
- Prophecy of one in EgyptIsaiah 19:19
- Monuments of idolatry, to be destroyedDeuteronomy 12:3
- See Cloud, Pillar of
- FIGURATIVERevelation 3:12
The passages, in Bible order (27)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Genesis 19:26
But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
Commentary on Genesis 19:261 voice
But let us return to Lot, who, fleeing the destruction of Sodom with his wife and daughters after he had received the command from the angels to not look back, was proceeding to Zoar. But his wife became negligent of the command. "She looked back"; she violated the imposed law; "she became a little statue of salt." Do we think there was so much evil in this transgression, that the woman, because she looked behind her, incurred the destruction that she appeared to be fleeing by divine favor?
Origen of Alexandria· HOMILIES ON GENESIS 5.2, 253Patristic
- Genesis 28:18
Early the next morning, Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on top of it,
Commentary on Genesis 28:181 voice
On the other hand the stone also had been erected and honored as a symbol of Christ and had been sprinkled with oil. The Immanuel was anointed by God the Father "with the oil of gladness above his fellows." Then he was raised from the dead, even though he had descended to death voluntarily. And that is, I believe, the meaning of erecting the stone.
Cyril of Alexandria· GLAPHYRA ON Genesis, 4.4, 444Patristic
- Genesis 31:45
So Jacob picked out a stone and set it up as a pillar,
Commentary on Genesis 31:451 voice
And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. To show his readiness to agree to the motion, he immediately took a large stone that lay upon the mount, and set it up on one end, to be a standing monument or memorial of the agreement now about to be made between them.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Exodus 24:4
And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
Commentary on Exodus 24:41 voice
And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Deuteronomy 12:3
Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the idols of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 12:31 voice
And you shall overthrow their altars,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Deuteronomy 27:2–6
And on the day you cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, set up large stones and coat them with plaster.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 27:2–61 voice
And it shall be, on the day when you shall pass over Jordan,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Joshua 4:1–9
When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua,
Commentary on Joshua 4:1–91 voice
And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan,.... As related, Jos 3:17, that the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying: as follows.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Joshua 8:30
At that time Joshua built an altar on Mount Ebal to the LORD, the God of Israel,
- Joshua 15:6
The northern border started from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan, went up to Beth-hoglah, proceeded north of Beth-arabah, and went up to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.
- Joshua 24:25–27
On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.
Commentary on Joshua 24:25–271 voice
So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day,.... Proposing to them what was most eligible, and their duty to do, and they agreeing to it, this formally constituted a covenant, of which they selves were both parties and witnesses: and set statute and an ordinance in Shechem; either made this covenant to have the nature of a statute and ordinance binding upon them, or repeated and renewed the laws of Moses, both moral and ceremonial, which had been delivered at Mount Sinai, and now, upon this repetition in Shechem, might be called a statute and ordinance there.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Judges 9:6
Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo gathered beside the oak at the pillar in Shechem and proceeded to make Abimelech their king.
- 1 Samuel 7:12
Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”
- 1 Samuel 20:19
When you have stayed three days, hurry down to the place you hid on the day this trouble began, and remain beside the stone Ezel.
- 2 Samuel 18:18
During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.
- 2 Samuel 20:8
And while they were at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa joined them. Now Joab was dressed in military attire, with a dagger strapped to his belt. And as he stepped forward, he slipped the dagger from its sheath.
- 1 Kings 1:9
And Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fattened calves near the stone of Zoheleth, which is next to En-rogel. He invited all his royal brothers and all the men of Judah who were servants of the king.
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