From Nave’s Topical Bible
Chains
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.
- 24Passages listed
- 16Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- (Used as ornaments)
- Worn by princesGenesis 41:42Daniel 5:7Daniel 5:29
- Worn on anklesNumbers 31:50Isaiah 3:19
- Worn on the breastplate of high priestExodus 28:14Exodus 39:15
- As ornaments on camelsJudges 8:26
- A partition of, in the temple1 Kings 6:211 Kings 7:17
- Used to confine prisonersPsalms 68:6Psalms 149:8Jeremiah 40:4Acts 12:6Acts 12:7Acts 21:33Acts 28:202 Timothy 1:16
- See Fetters
- FIGURATIVE Jude 1:6Psalms 73:6Proverbs 1:9Lamentations 3:7Ezekiel 7:23–272 Peter 2:4Revelation 20:1
The passages, in Bible order (24)
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 41:42
Then Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck.
Commentary on Genesis 41:421 voice
Therefore, I believe that Joseph deserved the more mystical rewards because he spoke of mysteries. For what does the ring inserted on his finger mean, if not that the priesthood of faith was bestowed upon him, so that he might mark others himself? What does the stole, which is the garment of wisdom, mean, if not the tribute given to him by the heavenly king, the principality of prudence? The golden torque also seems to express good understanding. The chariot, likewise, signifies the lofty peak of merits.
Ambrose of Milan· On Joseph the PatriarchPatristic
- Exodus 28:14
and two chains of pure gold, made of braided cord work; and attach these chains to the settings.
- Exodus 39:15
For the breastpiece they made braided chains like cords of pure gold.
- Numbers 31:50
So we have brought to the LORD an offering of the gold articles each man acquired—armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces—to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD.”
Commentary on Numbers 31:501 voice
We have - brought an oblation for the Lord - So it appears there was a great deal of booty taken which did not come into the general account; and of this the soldiers, of their own will, made a very extensive offering to God, because he had preserved them from falling in battle. That not one man should have been slain is a most extraordinary circumstance, and powerfully marks the peculiar superintendence of God’s especial providence. The Midianites must certainly have made some resistance; but that was ineffectual, because it was against the Lord.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Judges 8:26
The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.
Commentary on Judges 8:261 voice
The weight of the golden ear-rings - was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold - Taking the shekel at half an ounce weight, the sum of the gold collected in ear-rings was seventy pounds ten ounces; and worth, as gold now rates, about £3,100 sterling. This computation of the weight of the golden ear-rings, taken from the slaughtered Ishmaelites, will bring to the reader’s mind the slaughter of the Roman knights by the Carthaginians at the battle of Cannae, from whose spoils Hannibal sent three bushels of gold rings to the city of Carthage!
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- 1 Kings 6:21
So Solomon overlaid the inside of the temple with pure gold, and he extended gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, which was overlaid with gold.
Commentary on 1 Kings 6:211 voice
The gold leaf with which the house was covered is the manifold works of piety that pure love exhibits in the service either of its Creator or of a brother's need. The gold nails with which the gold leaf was attached are the very precepts …
Bede· Of the Temple of Solomon 1.12.4Patristic
- 1 Kings 7:17
For the capitals on top of the pillars he made a network of lattice, with wreaths of chainwork, seven for each capital.
Commentary on 1 Kings 7:171 voice
For the number seven is conventionally used to denote the grace of the Holy Spirit, as attested in the Apocalypse by John, who, after saying that he had seen "the lamb with seven horns and seven eyes," went on to add, by way of explanation, …
Bede· Of the Temple of Solomon 2.18.10Patristic
- Psalms 68:6
God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
Commentary on Psalms 68:61 voice
God setteth the solitary in families,.... Which the Jewish writers generally understand of an increase of families, with children in lawful marriage; see Psa 113:9; an instance of which we have in Abraham and Sarah; from which single or solitary ones, when joined in marriage, sprung a numerous offspring, Isa 51:2. And to this sense the Targum paraphrases the words; "God is he that joins, couples single ones into a couple, as one:'' some copies add, "to build an house out of them;'' that is, a family; see Rth 4:
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Psalms 73:6
Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.
- Psalms 149:8
to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with shackles of iron,
Commentary on Psalms 149:81 voice
To bind their kings in fetters. Do you wish the peoples to be set free? bind the teachers. To bind the kings. He did not call them teachers, but kings: for they reign by the miseries of those people. To bind their kings in fetters. He put it well, in fetters: lest the teachers should run about too much, lest they deceive many, but let them be bound and stand still. And their nobles in iron chains. Their nobles. You may see them saying among the heretics: This man is learned, that one works signs, this one casts out demons.
Jerome· Homily 59, on Psalm 149Patristic
- Proverbs 1:9
For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.
- Isaiah 3:19
their pendants, bracelets, and veils;
Commentary on Isaiah 3:191 voice
The chains - Margin, “sweet balls.” The word used here is derived from the verb נטף nâṭaph, to drop, to fall in drops, or to distil,” as juice from a plant. Hence, it means that which “resembles drops” - as pearls, or precious stones, used as ornaments for the neck or ears. We retain a similar word as applicable to the ornaments of the ears, by calling them “drops.” The Chaldee renders this “chains,” and so also the Vulgate.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Jeremiah 40:4
But now, behold, I am freeing you today from the chains that were on your wrists. If it pleases you to come with me to Babylon, then come, and I will take care of you. But if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, go no farther. Look, the whole land is before you. Wherever it seems good and right to you, go there.”
- Lamentations 3:7
He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.
Commentary on Lamentations 3:71 voice
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot go out,.... When in prison, or in the dungeon, or during the siege of Jerusalem; though the phrase may only denote in general the greatness of his troubles, with which he was encompassed, and how inextricable they were; like a hedge about a vineyard, or a wall about a city, which could not easily be got over: he hath made my chain heavy; his affliction intolerable.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Ezekiel 7:23–27
Forge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.
Commentary on Ezekiel 7:23–271 voice
(Verse 23.) Make a conclusion, for the land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of wickedness. LXX: And I will bring disturbance, for the land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of iniquities. The Hebrew word Arethich () is interpreted by Aquila as conclusion, and by Symmachus and Theodotion as καθήλωσιν, meaning crucifixion. For this reason, the Septuagint uses φυρμὸν, which we translate as disturbance.
Jerome· Commentary on EzekielPatristic
- Daniel 5:7
The king called out for the enchanters, astrologers, and diviners to be brought in, and he said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this inscription and tells me its interpretation will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck, and he will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”
Commentary on Daniel 5:71 voice
Verse 7. The king therefore cried out vehemently that the magicians should be brought in, and the Chaldeans and the soothsayers..." Forgetting about the experiences of Nebuchadnezzar, he was following after the ancient and ingrained error of his family, so that instead of summoning a prophet of God he summons the magicians and Chaldeans and soothsayers. "...he shall be clothed in purple and he shall have a golden necklace about his neck."
Jerome· St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER FIVEPatristic
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