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For the temple "David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings." 1 Chr. 22: 3; but apparently gold nails were used for some parts of the interior. 2 Chr. 3: 9. The tent pegs were also called nails, though made most probably of hard wood, and perhaps pointed with iron. It was with a tent peg that Jael killed Sisera. Judges 4: 21, 22. In houses in the East many articles are hung upon nails for safety, hence 'a nail in a sure place,' denotes security and is figurative of the safety of anything that depends upon God. Isa. 22: 23, 25; cf. Ecc. 12: 11;
Zech. 10: 4 .
Nails pierced the hands and feet of the Saviour when they crucified Him, the marks of which He showed to the disciples after His resurrection, John 20: 20, 25; and which marks He still retains. Zech. 13: 6.