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remained of the remnant of the giants : behold his bedstead was 

 a bedstead of iron ; is it not in Kabbath, of the children of 

 Amnion ? Nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits 

 the breadth of it," (Deut. iii, 11.) 



Moses commanded the children of Israel. "When ye be gone 

 over Jordan ye shall set up these stones in mount Ebal. There 

 shalt thou build an altar unto the Lord thy God, an altar of 

 stones : thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them." (Deut. 

 xxvii, 5.) Joshua built this altar in mount Ebal, as Moses 

 commanded, " an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath 

 lift up any iron." (Josh, viii, 31.) 



As has been mentioned under brass, at the taking of Jericho 

 the children of Israel were commanded utterly to destroy every- 

 thing, but only the metals, including "iron, are consecrated 

 unto the Lord, they shall come into the treasury of the Lord, 

 and the vessels of brass and of iron they put into the treasury 

 of the house of the Lord." (Josh, vi, 19, 24.) 



B.C. 1444. The children of Joseph answered Joshua that 

 the tract of country allotted to them in mount Ephraim was 

 not enough for them, " and all the Canaanites that dwell in the 

 valley have chariots of iron. Joshua spake unto the house of 

 Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saving, Thou art a 

 great people, and hast great power ; thou shalt drive out the 

 Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they 

 be strong." (Josh, xvii, 16, 18). Joshua blessed the half tribe 

 of Manasseh, and spake to them, saying, " Return with much 

 riches unto your tents . . . with silver, and with gold, and 

 with brass, and with iron" (Josh, xxii, 8.) 



B.C. dream 1425. " The Lord was with Judah, and he drave 

 out the inhabitants of the mountain, but could not drive out 

 the inhabitants of the vallev, because they had chariots of 

 won." (Judg. i, 19.) 



B.C. circum 1316. The children of Israel again did evil in 

 the sight of the Lord, and the Lord sold them into the hand of 

 Jabin, King of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor, the captain of 

 whose host was Sisera. "And the children of Israel cried 

 unto the Lord, for he had 900 chariots of iron, and 20 years he 

 mightily oppressed the children of Israel." (Judg. iv, 3. See 

 also ibid, iv, 13 ; I Sam. xvii ; II Kings vi, 6 ; Ezek. xxvii, 12 r 

 19 ; II Sam. xxiii, 7.) 



Ikon in relation to the Te.utle. 

 B.C. 1015. "David prepared iron in abundance for the nails 

 of the doors of the gates and for the joinings " of the temple. 



