ISBE with the following words: metals, house, build, tools, architecture, axe, and wood. This

generated ideas for further word searches as each topic listed numerous other words that related

to that subject. Further word searches were conducted using another online Bible called The

Blue Letter Bible at blueletterbible.org. This resource proved to be invaluable with its many

search options and resources. Searches were also conducted in the New American Standard

Bible (1995), also know as the NASB. The following word searches did not benefit this study,

either because they were not found in the Bible or they did not refer to anything related to

construction: awl, architecture, cave, construction, gutter, hinge, hatchet, knife, lock, metals,

masonry, potter, stone-built, smith, threshold, upper chambers and tools. Successful word

searches included; axe, brick, build, carpenter, cornerstone, craft, door, file, floor, foundation,

hearth, hammer, house, line, palace, pencil, rock, roof, saw, temple, window, lintel and hewn.

Some of these words led to other word searches. For example a search for the wood of trees that

could be used for construction was conducted and included: cedar, cypress, fir, algum, box,

shittah, myrtle, pine, olive, sycamore, oil, and oak. Although the word metal did not yield many

successful finds for construction applications, the search for metals included gold, silver, brass,

bronze, tin, iron and copper.

 The next step was to analyze the gathered information to identify those verses that

provided meaningful construction information. As a result of the topical searches in the ISBE

and word searches in the NASB there was a surplus of references, some of which communicated

the same message in multiple verses. The clearest and most concise references were chosen

from each word search in order to concisely communicate the relevant construction information

contained in the Bible. The aim was to also make sure that everything pertinent to construction

was mentioned. Articles in the temple that were made by skilled craftsman, furniture, alters, and