An artificer in brass, iron, etc., first mentioned in Genesis 4:22 . The art of the smith is one of the essential of civilization; and without it a nation was peculiarly defenseless in time of war, Judges 5:8 1 Samuel 13:19-22 2 Kings 24:14 . Workers in silver and in copper were distinguished from each other, Acts 19:24 2 Timothy 4:14 .