Arms, Military
Made of iron, steel, or brass -- Job 20:24; 1Sa 17:5,6. Offensive Sword. -- Jdj 20:15; Eze 32:27. Two-edged sword. -- Ps 149:6; Pr 5:4. Dagger. -- Jdj 3:16,21,22. Dart or javelin. -- 1Sa 18:10,11; 2Sa 18:14. Spear or lance. -- 1Sa 26:7; Jer 50:42. Battle-axe. -- Eze 26:9; Jer 51:20. Bow and arrows. -- Ge 48:22; 1Ki 22:34. Sling. -- 1Sa 17:50; 2Ki 3:25. Hand staff. -- Mt 26:47. Called weapons of war. -- 2Sa 1:27. Called instruments of war. -- 1Ch 12:33,37. Called instruments of death. -- Ps 7:13. Defensive Helmet. -- 1Sa 17:5,38; 2Ch 26:14. Coat of mail, breastplate, habergeon, or brigandine. -- 1Sa 17:5,38; Ex 28:32; Jer 46:4; Re 9:9. Girdle. -- 1Sa 18:4; 2Sa 18:11. Target. -- 1Sa 17:6. Greaves. -- 1Sa 17:6. Shield. -- 1Ki 10:16,17; 14:26,27. Buckler. -- 1Ch 5:18; Eze 26:8. Called harness. -- 1Ki 22:34. Called armour. -- Lu 11:22. For sieges Battering Rams. -- 2Sa 20:15; Eze 4:2. Engines for casting stones, &c. -- 2Ch 26:15. Not worn in ordinary times -- 1Sa 21:8. Put on at the first alarm -- Isa 8:9; Jer 46:3,4. Armouries built for -- 2Ki 20:13; Song 4:4. Great stores of, prepared -- 2Ch 32:5. Were provided By individuals themselves. -- 1Ch 12:33,37. From the public arsenals. -- 2Ch 11:12; 26:14. Often given as presents -- 1Ki 10:25. Before using Tried and proved. -- 1Sa 17:39. Burnished. -- Jer 46:4; Eze 21:9-11,28. Anointed. -- Isa 21:5. Part of, borne by armour-bearers -- Jdj 9:54; 1Sa 14:1; 16:21. Hung of the walls of cities -- Eze 27:10,11. Of the vanquished Taken off them. -- 2Sa 2:21; Lu 11:22. Sometimes kept as trophies. -- 1Sa 17:54. Sometime burned. -- Eze 39:9,10. Of conquered nations taken away to prevent rebellion -- Jdj 5:8; 1Sa 13:19-22. Inferior to wisdom -- Ec 9:18. Illustrative of Spiritual armour. -- Ro 13:12; 2Co 6:7; Eph 6:11-14; 1Th 5:8. Spiritual weapons. -- 2Co 10:4; Eph 6:17. Judgments of God. -- Isa 13:5; Jer 50:25.