A metal highly prized for its strength and durability. It had a variety of uses in biblical times and was employed extensively in both the tabernacle and temple.

Genesis 4:22

Bronze as a material used by craftsmen

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Exodus 31:1-6
1 Kings 7:13-14
1 Chronicles 22:15-16

pp Ex 35:30-34

2 Chronicles 2:7,13-14; 24:12
Jeremiah 15:12

Characteristics of bronze

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It was renowned for its strength

Leviticus 26:18-19
Deuteronomy 28:23
Job 6:12; 37:18; 40:18; 41:27
Isaiah 48:4
Jeremiah 1:18; 15:20
Daniel 7:19
Micah 4:13
Daniel 10:5-6

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It was noted for its brilliance

Ezekiel 40:3
Revelation 1:15; 2:18
Revelation 18:11-12

The monetary value of bronze

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It was an expensive metal

1 Chronicles 18:8-10
Ezra 8:26-27
Ezekiel 27:13
Isaiah 60:17

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It was less valuable than gold or silver

1 Kings 14:25-28

pp 2Ch 12:9-11

Exodus 35:24

Offerings of bronze were made at various times

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Exodus 25:1-7
Exodus 38:29-31
1 Chronicles 18:9-11; 22:14; 29:6-7

pp Ex 35:4-9

2 Chronicles 1:5-6

Bronze was used in the tabernacle

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For the altar and its utensils

Exodus 27:1-6
Exodus 35:16

pp Ex 38:1-6

Numbers 4:13; 16:39-40

pp Ex 39:39

Exodus 30:18

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For the laver

Exodus 35:16; 38:8
Exodus 27:17-19

For the tent and the framework of the tabernacle

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Exodus 26:10-11,36-37; 27:9-11

pp Ex 38:17-20

Exodus 36:18,37-38

pp Ex 38:9-11

2 Chronicles 4:18

Bronze was used extensively in the temple

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1 Kings 7:23-33,38-45
1 Kings 8:64
2 Kings 16:17; 25:13-17

pp 2Ch 4:9-16

1 Chronicles 18:8; 29:2
2 Chronicles 4:1

pp Jer 52:17-23

1 Samuel 17:5-6

Other uses of bronze

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For armour

1 Samuel 17:38
2 Samuel 21:16

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For weapons

1 Samuel 17:6
2 Samuel 22:35
Judges 16:21

pp Ps 18:34

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For shackles

2 Kings 25:7
2 Chronicles 33:11; 36:6

pp Jer 39:7

Daniel 4:15,23

pp Jer 52:11

Psalms 107:16

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For gates

Deuteronomy 33:25
1 Kings 4:13
1 Chronicles 22:3
Isaiah 45:2
Numbers 21:9

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For the bronze snake

2 Kings 18:4
Daniel 5:4

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For idols

Daniel 5:23
Revelation 9:20
Exodus 38:8

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For mirrors

Job 37:18
Leviticus 6:28

For cooking utensils

Genesis 4:22

For tools

1 Chronicles 15:19

For musical instruments

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Daniel 2:32,35,45

For statues

Joshua 22:7-8

Bronze as booty in war

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Numbers 31:21-23
Joshua 6:24
2 Samuel 8:8

pp 1Ch 18:8

Daniel 2:39

The metaphorical use of bronze

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Leviticus 26:19
Deuteronomy 28:23
Job 40:18
Jeremiah 1:18,18
Zechariah 6:1

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5209 armour
5212 arts and crafts
5260 coinage
5268 cooking
5421 musical instruments
5583 tools
5612 weapons
7454 sprinkling
7459 tabernacle, in OT
7467 temple, Solomon's
8768 idolatry