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Tools of a construction worker

Tools of a construction worker


‎The three drawings illustrate the basic tools of a carpenter in antiquity. With a plumb he would check whether the walls were truly vertical; with an angle he would check the perpendicularity of the walls and the cut stones; and the hoe was needed to work on stones and bricks.
‎1 Kings 5:18; 2 Kings 12:11; 22:6; 2 Chron 34:11; Ezra 3:10; Neh 4:5; Ps 118:22; Ezek 27:4; Matt 21:42; Mark 12:10; Luke 20:17; Acts 4:11; 1 Pet 2:7

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