Bricks

Bricks used in construction

The tower of Babel

Genesis 11:3–4

And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar. “Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”

Altars

See also Isaiah 65:3

Pavements

Jeremiah 43:9

Bricks were cheaper than stone

Isaiah 9:10

Repair of brickwork

Nahum 3:14

Making bricks as a punishment

Exodus 1:14; 2 Samuel 12:30–31 See also Exodus 5:7–19

and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.

Then he took the crown from the head of their king. It weighed a talent of gold and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David’s head. And David took a great amount of plunder from the city. David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes, and he made them work at the brick kilns. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.