extensively in Solomon's temple, both for overlaying the actual structure as well as for

overlaying many of the articles inside it (Exodus 25).

 There were also other parts of the building that used metals such as bolts and bars for doors

as seen in this verse regarding the second temple in Jerusalem: "Now the sons of Hassenaah built

the Fish Gate; they laid its beams and hung its doors with its bolts and bars" (Nehemiah 3:3

NASB). Many other articles were either made or covered with precious metal as the following

verses describe:

 Now Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; its length was two and a half cubits, and its
 width one and a half cubits, and its height one and a half cubits; [2] and he overlaid it with
 pure gold inside and out, and made a gold molding for it all around. 10] They shall
 construct an ark of acacia wood two and a half cubits long, and one and a half cubits wide,
 and one and a half cubits high (Exodus 25:1-2,10 NASB).

 Then you shall make a lamp stand of pure gold. The lamp stand {and} its base and its shaft
 are to be made of hammered work; its cups, its bulbs and its flowers shall be {of one
 piece} with it (Exodus 25:31 NASB).

 And you shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide; the
 altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits. [2] You shall make its horns on its
 four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze.
 [3] You shall make its pails for removing its ashes, and its shovels and its basins and its
 forks and its fire pans; you shall make all its utensils of bronze. [4] their bands {shall be}
 of silver. [17] All the pillars around the court shall be furnished with silver bands {with}
 their hooks of silver and their sockets of bronze. [18] The length of the court {shall be}
 one hundred cubits, and the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits of fine
 twisted linen, and their sockets of bronze. [19] All the utensils of the tabernacle {used} in
 all its service, and all its pegs, and all the pegs of the court, {shall be} of bronze (Exodus
 27:1-4, 17-19 NASB).

 David prepared large quantities of iron to make the nails for the doors of the gates and for
 the clamps, and more bronze than could be weighed (1 Chronicles 22:3 NASB).

 Plaster

 Ever since the beginning of time people have desired to make their homes beautiful on the

inside and out. In the book of Leviticus it is revealed that the interior walls were covered with

plaster. The actual material used was most likely lime. According to Unger (1988) several