Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 17:3

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3. a graven image and a molten image —The one carved from a block of wood or stone, to be plated over with silver; the other, a figure formed of the solid metal cast into a mould. It is observable, however, that only two hundred shekels were given to the founder. Probably the expense of making two such figures of silver, with their appurtenances (pedestals, bases, &c.), might easily cost, in those days, two hundred shekels, which (at 2 shillings, 4 pence each, is about 23 pounds) would be a sum not adequate to the formation of large statues [TAYLOR, Fragments ]. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-5" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

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절 (explains)

bible-text/jdg-17-3

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
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