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Arms, Military
Made of iron, steel, or brass - Job 20:24; 1Sa 17:5,6
OFFENSIVE
- Sword
- Jud 20:15; Eze 32:27- Two-edged sword
- Ps 149:6; Pr 5:4- Dagger
- Jud 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 7:13DEFENSIVE
- 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 11:22FOR SIEGES
- Battering Rams
- 2Sa 20:15; Eze 4:2- Engines for casting stones, &c
- 2Ch 26:15Not 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; So 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; 26:14Often 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 21:5Part of, borne by armour-bearers - Jud 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 39:9,10Of conquered nations taken away to prevent rebellion - Jud 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
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