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Samuel 17:5, 6, 38; 2 Samuel 21:16). Iron is mentioned only four times

(Genesis 4:22; Leviticus 26:19; Numbers 31:22; 35:16) in the first four books of Moses, while copper (rendered “brass”) is mentioned forty times. (See BRASS.)

We find mention of Alexander (q.v.), a “coppersmith” of Ephesus (2 Timothy 4:14).