Sculpture

Sculpture created by carving

1 Kings 6:29 parallel 2 Chronicles 3:7 See also 1 Kings 6:32, 1 Kings 6:35; 2 Kings 21:7; Ezekiel 41:17–18, Ezekiel 41:25

Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.

Sculpture created out of metal

1 Kings 7:23 See also Exodus 25:18; 1 Kings 7:24, 1 Kings 7:30, 1 Kings 7:37; 2 Chronicles 4:3, 2 Chronicles 28:2

He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.

Sculpture used in the setting of idolatry

Exodus 32:4; Acts 19:24 See also Deuteronomy 4:15–18; 2 Kings 17:16; Isaiah 40:19–20, Isaiah 44:12–13, Isaiah 48:5; Daniel 3:1; Habakkuk 2:18; Acts 17:29

He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”

It began with a silversmith named Demetrius who made silver shrines of Artemis, bringing much business to the craftsmen.