IRON

IRON Tubal-Cain is the first-mentioned worker in iron (Genesis 4=>22). The Egyptians wrought it at Sinai before the Exodus. David prepared it in great abundance for the temple (1 Chronicles 22=>3=> 29=>7). The merchants of Dan and Javan brought it to the market of Tyre (Ezekiel 27=>19). Various instruments are mentioned as made of iron (Deuteronomy 27=>5; 19=>5; Joshua 17=>16, 18; 1 Samuel 17=>7; 2 Samuel 12=>31; 2 Kings 6=>5, 6; 1 Chronicles 22=>3; Isaiah 10=>34). Figuratively, a yoke of iron (Deuteronomy 28=>48) denotes hard service; a rod of iron (Psalm 2=>9), a stern government; a pillar of iron (Jeremiah 1=>18), a strong support; a furnace of iron (Deuteronomy 4=>20), severe labour; a bar of iron (Job 40=>18), strength; fetters of iron (Psalm 107=>10), affliction; giving silver for iron (Isaiah 60=> 17), prosperity.