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A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any [thing] in it; a land whose stones [are] iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
Deuteronomy 8:9 — KJV
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Deuteronomy 8:9
King James Version (KJV)
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Deuteronomy 8:9
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Commentary
Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:9
Theological / DevotionalWhose stones are iron. Iron was found in the mountainous country south of the Dead Sea. Iron is exported from this region today. During the time of the judges the Philistines held a monopoly over the fabrication of iron (1 Sam. 13:19-22). Their iron probably came from Asia Minor. It was only in the time of David, when the power of the Philistines was broken, that iron came into common use in Israel.
Brass. Rather, “copper” or “bronze,” an alloy of copper and tin. Brass, an alloy of copper and zinc, was unknown in ancient times. Copper was mined in the Wadi Arabah, between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba. Copper artifacts were found at Ezion-geber, Solomon’s port at the head of that gulf, from which sailed “ships of Tarshish,” or “refinery ships” (see on 1 Kings 10:22).
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