1 Chronicles 29:2
provide .... needed <03559> [I have prepared.]
effort <03581> [with all.]
gold <02091> [the gold.]
onyx ....... stones ...... stones <07718 068> [onyx stones.]
{Avney shoham,} which was, probably, not the precious stone or gem called onyx, but a marble called in Greek {onychites,} which Pliny mentions as a stone Caramania; for one would hardly think that gems of any kind were used externally in such a building as the temple. Antiquity gave both stones this name, because of their resemblance to the nail of the finger.
onyx .... antimony .... stones ...... stones <068 06320> [glistering stones.]
{Avney phuch} seems to denote a kind of black marble, so called from its colour resembling stibium: so Vulgate {quasi stibinos.}
onyx ....... stones ...... stones ... alabaster <068 07893> [marble stones.]
{Avney shayish} is rendered in the Targum {avney marmoraiyah,} "stones of marble," and by the LXX., and Vulgate [Parion] or [Parinon,] or {marmor Parium,} "Parium marble," which was remarkable for its bright white colour. Josephus says that the temple was built of large blocks of white marble, beautifully polished, so as to produce a most splendid appearance.
