5211 art
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Skilful, creative work, carried out using a variety of materials. Purposes included decoration, ornamentation and representation of objects of worship, the last of which Scripture firmly condemns.

Painting

Ezekiel 8:10 See also Ezekiel 23:11-15

Decorative panelling

2 Chronicles 3:5-7 See also 1 Kings 6:14-15; Psalm 74:3-6; Jeremiah 22:14

Decoration and ornamentation in gold

1 Kings 6:21-22 pp 2 Chronicles 3:4-7 See also 1 Kings 6:31-35; Kings 10:14-21 pp 2 Chronicles 9:13-20

Decoration and ornamentation in ivory

Songs 5:14 See also 1 Kings 10:18 pp 2 Chronicles 9:17; 1 Kings 22:39; Psalm 45:8; Amos 3:15; Amos 6:4

Carving and sculpture

1 Kings 6:18 See also 1 Kings 6:29-35; 2 Chronicles 3:7; Psalm 144:12; Ezekiel 41:15-26

Engraving

As an artistic skill

1 Kings 7:34-37 See also Exodus 28:9-12,15-21,36-38; Exodus 39:6-7,8-14,30-31; 1 Kings 7:31,36; 2 Chronicles 2:5-7,13-14

Metaphorical references to engraving

Job 19:23-24 See also Isaiah 49:16; Jeremiah 17:1; Zechariah 3:9

Art in the tabernacle

Exodus 26:1 See also Exodus 25:18-21; Exodus 36:8,35-38; Exodus 37:7-9

Art in the temple

1 Kings 7:48-50 pp 2 Chronicles 4:19-22 See also 1 Kings 7:13-22,27-37,40-45 pp 2 Chronicles 4:11-16; 2 Chronicles 3:15-17

Art associated with idolatry

Forbidden

Deuteronomy 27:15 See also Exodus 20:3-6 pp Deuteronomy 5:7-10; Exodus 20:22-23; Exodus 34:10-17; Leviticus 19:4; Leviticus 26:1; Deuteronomy 4:16-19,23-24; Deuteronomy 29:16-18

Examples of idols and images

2 Kings 21:7 pp 2 Chronicles 33:7 See also Exodus 32:1-4; Judges 17:1-6; Judges 18:11-31; Isaiah 46:1-2; Jeremiah 50:1-2; Ezekiel 8:9-12

Condemned

Habakkuk 2:18 See also Exodus 34:10-14; Numbers 33:51-52; Deuteronomy 7:25-26; 2 Chronicles 34:1-4; Isaiah 44:9-20; Ezekiel 7:20-22; Hosea 13:1-3; Micah 5:13-14; Nahum 1:14

See also

4312  bronze
4333  gold
4339  ivory
5212  arts and crafts
5247  carpenters
5272  craftsmen
5273  creativity
5516  sculpture
5531  skill
7459  tabernacle, in OT
7467  temple, Solomon's
8768  idolatry



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