Bow, The
An instrument of war -- Ge 48:22; Isa 7:24. Sometimes used in hunting -- Ge 27:3. For shooting arrows -- 1Ch 12:2. Called the battle bow -- Zec 9:10; 10:4. Those who used, called Bowmen. -- Jer 4:29. Archers. -- 1Sa 31:3; Jer 51:3. Usually of steel -- 2Sa 22:35; Job 20:24. Held in the left hand -- Eze 39:3. Drawn with full force -- 2Ki 9:24. The Jews taught to use -- 2Sa 1:18. Used expertly by Lydians. -- Jer 46:9. Elamites. -- Jer 49:35. Philistines. -- 1Sa 31:2,3. Sons of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh. -- 1Ch 5:18. Benjamites. -- 1Ch 12:2; 2Ch 14:8. Given as a token of friendship -- 1Sa 18:4. Often furnished by the state -- 2Ch 26:14. Of the vanquished, broken and burned -- Ps 37:15; Eze 39:9. Illustrative Of strength and power. -- Job 29:20. Of the tongue of the wicked. -- Ps 11:2; Jer 9:3. (When deceitful,) of the hypocrite. -- Ps 78:57; Ho 7:16. (When broken,) of the overthrow of power. -- 1Sa 2:4; Jer 49:35; Ho 1:5; 2:18.