Dictionary of Bible Themes
The most valuable of all metals, gold was indicative of wealth and prosperity in biblical times. It had a wide variety of uses and was employed extensively in both the tabernacle and the temple.
Isaiah 60:17Gold was of great value
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Joshua 6:18-19,241 Kings 20:1-62 Kings 7:8; 14:142 Chronicles 21:3Job 28:12-19Psalms 45:9,13; 72:15; 105:37
Proverbs 20:15Wisdom cannot be bought with gold
Ezekiel 28:13Daniel 11:8,38Joel 3:4-52 Timothy 2:20Revelation 21:18,21The streets of the new Jerusalem are to be paved with gold.
Genesis 13:2Gold was indicative of wealth
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Genesis 24:35Deuteronomy 8:12-14; 17:17Joshua 22:82 Kings 20:13Joshua sends the eastern tribes home
2 Chronicles 1:15; 32:27Job 3:15; 31:24-28pp Isa 39:2
Ecclesiastes 2:8Isaiah 2:7Ezekiel 16:13Ezekiel 28:4Zephaniah 1:18the adornments of unfaithful Jerusalem
Zechariah 9:3; 14:14James 2:2Revelation 18:16Isaiah 13:12Gold was relatively rare
Job 28:5-6Gold was mined from the earth
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Genesis 2:11-12Revelation 3:18Gold was refined by fire
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Numbers 31:21-23Job 28:1Proverbs 17:3; 27:21Zechariah 13:9Malachi 3:31 Peter 1:71 Kings 10:22Gold was obtained through trade
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1 Kings 9:26-28pp 2Ch 9:21
1 Kings 10:11pp 2Ch 8:17-18
1 Kings 22:48Isaiah 60:6pp 2Ch 9:9
Jeremiah 10:9Ezekiel 27:22Revelation 18:11-13Isaiah 46:6Gold was worked by goldsmiths
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1 Chronicles 29:4-52 Chronicles 2:7,13-14Jeremiah 10:9Exodus 35:22Gold was presented as offerings to God
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Exodus 25:1-7; 35:5Numbers 7:84-86; 31:50-542 Samuel 8:11Ezra 1:1-11; 2:69; 7:12-18; 8:24-34Nehemiah 7:70-721 Kings 10:14-15Gold was given to rulers as tribute and bribes
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1 Kings 10:24-25pp 2Ch 9:13-14
2 Kings 12:18; 16:7-9; 18:13-16; 23:33-35pp 2Ch 9:23-24
2 Chronicles 16:2-3pp 2Ch 36:3
Job 42:11Gold was given as gifts
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Genesis 24:532 Samuel 8:9-101 Kings 10:10pp 1Ch 18:9-10
2 Kings 5:5Matthew 2:11pp 2Ch 9:9
Exodus 38:21-24The use of gold in the tabernacle
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Exodus 25:11-13,17-18Exodus 25:28-29,31,36,38; 26:6,29,32,37; 30:1-5the atonement cover and cherubim
Exodus 39:37-38; 40:5Leviticus 24:4the altar
Numbers 8:4Exodus 28:4-5The use of gold in priestly vestments
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Exodus 28:11-15,22-27,33-38; 39:15-20,25-26,30-311 Chronicles 22:14The use of gold in the temple
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1 Kings 6:28,30,32,35; 7:48-512 Kings 18:161 Chronicles 28:14-18; 29:1-72 Chronicles 3:4-10; 4:7-8,19-222 Samuel 12:30Gold symbols of office
Crown
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Esther 8:15pp 1Ch 20:2
Psalms 21:1-3
Zechariah 6:11Revelation 4:4; 14:141 Kings 10:18-20Throne
Esther 4:11pp 2Ch 9:17-19
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Sceptre
Esther 5:2; 8:4Daniel 5:7See also
Chain
Genesis 41:42Daniel 5:16,29Exodus 35:22Other uses of gold
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Jewellery
Genesis 24:53,22Exodus 3:22; 11:2; 12:35; 32:2,24Numbers 31:50Judges 8:24-26used to make the golden calf
2 Samuel 1:24Proverbs 11:22; 25:11used to make Gideon's ephod
Songs 1:11
Jeremiah 4:30Daniel 10:51 Peter 3:3Exodus 20:23See also
Idols
Exodus 32:31Deuteronomy 7:25; 29:17Psalms 115:4; 135:15
Isaiah 2:20; 30:22; 31:7; 40:19; 46:6Jeremiah 10:3-5Ezekiel 16:17Daniel 3:1Daniel 3:4-7,14; 5:4,23Hosea 8:4Nebuchadnezzar's image of gold
Habakkuk 2:19Acts 17:29Revelation 9:20Matthew 10:5-10See also
Currency
Numbers 22:18; 24:132 Samuel 21:41 Chronicles 21:25Psalms 119:72
Ezekiel 7:19Daniel 11:43Acts 3:6; 20:331 Peter 1:181 Samuel 6:4See also
Models
1 Samuel 6:8,11,15,17-181 Kings 10:16-17Shields
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2 Samuel 8:7pp 2Ch 9:15-16
1 Kings 14:261 Kings 10:21pp 2Ch 12:9
Goblets
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Esther 1:7pp 2Ch 9:20
Jeremiah 51:7Daniel 5:2-3,23Revelation 17:4Esther 1:6Couches
Job 22:23-25Metaphorical and proverbial use of gold
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Job 23:8-10Psalms 19:9-10; 68:13
Proverbs 3:13-14; 16:16; 22:1; 25:11Songs 5:10-15
Lamentations 4:1-2Daniel 2:37-38See also
4303 metals4306 minerals4345 metalworkers4351 refining4363 silver5260 coinage5272 craftsmen5437 palaces5615 weights and measures, weights7306 ark of the covenant7459 tabernacle, in OT8810 riches, dangers 
