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Chains

From: Concise Bible Dictionary: C By: George A. Morrish

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These are mentioned in scripture:

1. As the insignia of office; Joseph and Daniel were invested with gold chains (Gen. 41:42⁴²And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck; (Genesis 41:42); Dan. 5:7⁷The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and show me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom. (Daniel 5:7)).

2. As ornaments: they were placed on parts of the temple; were worn on the neck, and found among the spoils of war: (Ex. 28:14¹⁴And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches. (Exodus 28:14); Num. 31:50⁵⁰We have therefore brought an oblation for the Lord, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the Lord. (Numbers 31:50); 2 Chron. 3:5,16⁵And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains. (2 Chronicles 3:5)
¹⁶And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. (2 Chronicles 3:16); Song of Sol. 1:10¹⁰Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold. (Song of Solomon 1:10)).

3. Used to secure prisoners (Jer. 39:7⁷Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon. (Jeremiah 39:7); Lam. 3:7⁷He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy. (Lamentations 3:7); Acts 12:6⁶And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison. (Acts 12:6); 2 Tim. 1:16¹⁶The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain: (2 Timothy 1:16); Jude 6⁶And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. (Jude 6)).

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