From Nave’s Topical Bible
Ivory
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.
- 11Passages listed
- 6Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- General scriptures concerning So 5:14; 7:4Ezekiel 27:15
- Exported from Tarshish1 Kings 10:222 Chronicles 9:21
- ChittimEzekiel 27:6
- Ahab's palace made of1 Kings 22:39
- Other houses made ofPsalms 45:8Amos 3:15
- Other articles made of
- Stringed instrumentsPsalms 45:8
- Thrones1 Kings 10:182 Chronicles 9:17
- BenchesEzekiel 27:6
- BedsAmos 6:4
- VesselsRevelation 18:12
The passages, in Bible order (11)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 11 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- 1 Kings 10:18
Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.
Commentary on 1 Kings 10:182 voices
Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory,.... To sit on and judge his people; and ivory being white, may denote the purity, justice, and equity with which he judged; the white throne in Rev 20:11 may be an allusion to this; the ivory he had from Tarshish, 1Ki 10:22. and overlaid it with the best gold; for the greater splendour and majesty of it; not that he covered it all over, for then the ivory would not be seen, but interlined it, or studded it with it, whereby it appeared the more beautiful and magnificent.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
It is, on the whole, probable that the substance of the throne was wood, and that the ivory, cut into thin slabs, and probably carved in patterns, was applied externally as a veneer. This is found to have been the practice in Assyria. The gold was probably not placed over the ivory, but covered other parts of the throne.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- 1 Kings 10:22
For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
Commentary on 1 Kings 10:222 voices
For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish, with the navy of Hiram,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
A navy of Tharshish - For probable conjectures concerning this place, and the three years voyage, see at the end of this, 1Ki 10:29 (note) and the preceding chapter, 1 Kings 9 (note). Apes - קפים kophim; probably a species of monkey rather than ape.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- 1 Kings 22:39
As for the rest of the acts of Ahab, along with all his accomplishments and the ivory palace and all the cities he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
Commentary on 1 Kings 22:392 voices
Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
The ivory house - So called from the character of its ornamentation. Ivory was largely used in the ancient world as a covering of wood-work, and seems to have been applied, not only to furniture, but to the doors and walls of houses. Nothing is known of the cities built by Ahab; but the fact is important as indicating the general prosperity of the country in his time, and his own activity as a ruler.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- 2 Chronicles 9:17
Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 9:171 voice
Made a great throne of ivory - For a very curious description of the throne of Solomon, see at the end of the chapter, 2Ch 9:29 (note).
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- 2 Chronicles 9:21
For the king had the ships of Tarshish that went with Hiram’s servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
- Psalms 45:8
All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad.
Commentary on Psalms 45:82 voices
The sweet odor of Christ gives forth the fragrance of myrrh because of his passion, and of aloes because he did not remain motionless and inactive for three days and three nights but descended to the lower world to distribute the graces of the resurrection.… And it breathes forth the fragrance of cassia, a very delicate and fragrant bark, … because of the suffering of the cross undertaken in kindness to every creature.
Basil of Caesarea· HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 17:9 (PS 45), 379Patristic
All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia,.... Either his human nature, as anointed with the oil of gladness, and filled with the graces of the Spirit, signified by the holy anointing oil in the tabernacle, of which the things mentioned were ingredients, Exo 30:23; or the garments of salvation and robe of righteousness, wrought out by him for his people, which are well pleasing and acceptable to his Father, and of a sweet smelling savour, being agreeable to his law and justice; and also to himself, as they are put upon his people; see Son 4:
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Ezekiel 27:6
Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; of wood from the coasts of Cyprus they made your deck, inlaid with ivory.
Commentary on Ezekiel 27:62 voices
(Vers. 6.) They have fashioned oars for your ship from the oak trees of Bashan: they have made your benches out of Indian ivory, and your decks out of the islands of Italy. LXX: They have made your oars and your temples out of the oak trees of Bashan, and they have made for you wild houses out of ivory from the islands of the Kittim.
Jerome· Commentary on Ezekiel, 420Patristic
Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars,.... To row the ships with; for their ships probably were no other than galleys, which were rowed with oars, as were the ships of first invention. Bashan was a country in Judea where oaks grew; see Isa 2:
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Ezekiel 27:15
The men of Dedan were your clients; many coastlands were your market; they paid you with ivory tusks and ebony.
Commentary on Ezekiel 27:152 voices
(Vers. 15, 16.) Many islands have traded with your merchandise: they have exchanged ivory and ebony for your price. Your merchant, Syrus, because of the multitude of your works, has presented pearls, purple, embroidered garments, fine linen, silk, and scarlet in your market. LXX: They have multiplied your merchandise with islands: you were repaying your wages with elephant tusks and those who were being brought in. Your business has been purchased by many of your customers: They traded in aphec, stacten, and polymita from Tharsis and Ramoth and Chodchod in your market.
Jerome· Commentary on Ezekiel, 420Patristic
The men of Dedan were thy merchants,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Amos 3:15
I will tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses of ivory will also perish, and the great houses will come to an end,” declares the LORD.
Commentary on Amos 3:152 voices
(Verse 14, 15.) Listen and testify in the house of Jacob, says the Lord God of hosts, because on the day when I begin to visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and shall fall to the ground: and I will strike the winter house with the summer house, and the houses of ivory shall perish: and many houses shall be destroyed, says the Lord.
Jerome· Commentary on Amos, 420Patristic
And I will smite the winter house with the summer house,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Amos 6:4
You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.
Commentary on Amos 6:42 voices
That lie upon beds of ivory,.... That were made of it, or inlaid with it, or covered with it, as the Targum; nor was it improbable that these were made wholly of ivory, for such beds we read of: Timaeus says (r), the Agrigentines had beds entirely made of ivory; and Horace (s) also speaks of such beds: and if any credit can be given to the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem on Gen 50:1. Joseph made his father Jacob to lie on a bed of ivory.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
That lie upon beds of ivory - The word הוי hoi, wo, is understood at the beginning of each of the first, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth verses. The beds mentioned here may be either sofas to recline on at table, or beds to sleep on; and these among the ancients were ornamented with ivory inlaid. They were called lectos eburatos by Plautus, lectos eburnos by Horace, ivory beds. Probably those ornamented with shells, or mother-of-pearl, may be intended. Several works of this kind may be still seen in Palestine and other places.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Revelation 18:12
cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble;
Commentary on Revelation 18:121 voice
The merchandise of gold and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed