Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 5000 Humanity » 5200 Human civilisation » 5583 tools Implements used for agricultural or mechanical purposes. Early tools were of wood, flint or stone. The development of ironworking brought iron-bladed tools and farm implements into common use. Axes were used to fell trees; hammers, chisels and saws were used by both carpenters and masons. Assyria and Babylon are depicted as tools in God's hand. Tools made from iron and bronze General references Genesis 4:22 See also 2 Samuel 12:31 pp 1 Chronicles 20:3 saws, iron picks and axes; 2 Samuel 23:7 iron tools Iron axe-heads 2 Kings 6:4-5 Axes comprised an iron head fitted to a wooden shaft. See also Deuteronomy 19:5 Sharpening iron tools 1 Samuel 13:19-21 A ploughshare is the cutting blade of a plough. A mattock is a large pick with a flat edge used for loosening soil and cutting. See also Ecclesiastes 10:10 Tools used in specific tasks Axes used for felling trees Judges 9:48 See also Deuteronomy 20:19-20; Psalm 74:5-6 Matthew 3:10 pp Luke 3:9 Felling trees with an axe as a symbol of judgment. See also Jeremiah 46:22-23 Woodworking tools Isaiah 44:13 See also Exodus 21:6 pp Deuteronomy 15:17 awl; Jeremiah 10:3-4 chisel, hammer and nails Metalworking tools Job 19:24 See also Exodus 28:36 pp Exodus 39:30; Jeremiah 17:1 Isaiah 41:7 See also Exodus 32:4; Isaiah 44:12; Jeremiah 10:9 Stoneworking tools 1 Kings 6:7; Kings 7:9 Saws were used in both carpentry and stonemasonry. See also Exodus 34:1; Deuteronomy 10:3; Isaiah 22:16; Jeremiah 23:29 No tools were to be used on stones for an altar: Exodus 20:25; Deuteronomy 27:5; Joshua 8:31 Agricultural tools Isaiah 2:4 pp Micah 4:3 A pruning hook is a curved blade used in pruning. See also Joel 3:10; Isaiah 18:5 pruning knives; Isaiah 30:24 fork and shovel A winnowing fork is a wooden pitchfork used to toss grain into the wind: Jeremiah 15:7; Matthew 3:12 pp Luke 3:17 The nations as tools in God's hand Isaiah 10:15 Assyria is used by God to punish his people. See also Isaiah 10:5; Jeremiah 50:23 Babylon is a hammer in God's hand. See also
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