New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Iron

• Dug out of the earth Job 28:2
• Described as
  • Strong and durable Job 40:18; Dan. 2:40
  • Fusible Ezek. 22:20
  • Malleable Isa. 2:4
• Of greater gravity than water 2 Ki. 6:5
• Admits of a high polish Ezek. 27:19
• Hardened into steel 2 Sam. 22:35; Job 20:24
• Of small comparative value Isa. 60:17
• The land of Canaan abounded with Dt. 8:9, 33:25
• From the north hardest and best Jer. 15:12
• Used from the earliest age Gen. 4:22
• Made into
  • Armor 2 Sam. 23:7; Rev. 9:9
  • Weapons of war 1 Sam. 13:19, 17:7
  • Chariots Judg. 4:3
  • Implements for husbandry 1 Sam. 13:20, 21; 2 Sam. 12:31
  • Tools for artificers Josh. 8:31; 1 Ki. 6:7
  • Graving tools Job 19:24; Jer. 17:1
  • Gates Acts 12:10
  • Nails and hinges 1 Chr. 22:3
  • Bars Ps. 107:16; Isa. 45:2
  • Fetters Ps. 105:18, 149:8
  • Yokes Dt. 28:48; Jer. 28:13, 14
  • Idols Dan. 5:4, 23
  • Bedsteads Dt. 3:11
  • Pillars Jer. 1:18
  • Rods Ps. 2:9; Rev. 2:27
• Sharpens things made of Pr. 27:17
• Working in, a trade 1 Sam. 13:19; 2 Chr. 2:7, 14
• An article of commerce Ezek. 27:12, 19; Rev. 18:12
• Great quantity of, provided for the temple 1 Chr. 22:3, 14, 16, 29:2
• Taken in war, often dedicated to God Josh. 6:19, 24
• Mode of purifying, taken in war Num. 31:21-23
• Miraculously made to swim 2 Ki. 6:6
• Illustrative
  • Of strength Dan. 2:33, 40
  • Of stubbornness Isa. 48:4
  • Of severe affliction Dt. 4:20; Ps. 107:10
  • Of a hard barren soil Dt. 28:23
  • Of severe exercise of power Ps. 2:9; Rev. 2:27
  • (Seared with,) of insensibility of conscience 1 Tim. 4:2