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Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

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GOLDSMITH

Artisan who specialized in fine gold work. They fashioned costly and elegant idols for pagan worship (Is 40:19; 41:7; 46:6; Jer 10:9, 14; 51:17) and prepared items and gold plating for the tabernacle (Ex 31:4; 35:32) and Solomon’s temple (1 Kgs 6:20-35). They formed a guild in postexilic times and assisted in the restoration and repair of the temple (Neh 3:8, 31-32).

See also Minerals and Metals.