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Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary · 2023

Ironsmith

An artisan who normally worked in iron (Is 44:12); a blacksmith. The first worker in iron recorded in the Bible is Tubal-cain (Gn 4:22). In Israel iron became widely known and used about the 11th century BC (Dt 3:11; Jos 6:19, 24; 17:16; Jgs 1:19; 4:3, 13). See Minerals and Metals.

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