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Spear
An offensive weapon - 2Sa 23:8,18
First mention of, in Scripture - Jos 8:18
PARTS OF MENTIONED
- The staff of wood
- 1Sa 17:7- The head of iron or brass
- 1Sa 17:7; 2Sa 21:16Probably pointed at both ends - 2Sa 2:23
Called the glittering spear - Job 39:23; Hab 3:11
DIFFERENT KINDS OF
- Lances
- Jer 50:42- Javelins
- Nu 25:7; 1Sa 18:10- Darts
- 2Sa 18:14; Job 41:26,29Those who used, called spearmen - Ps 68:30; Ac 23:23
Frequently used by horse soldiers - Na 3:3
Furbished before war - Jer 46:4
Pruning-hooks made into, before war - Joe 3:10
Made into pruning-hooks in peace - Isa 2:4; Mic 4:3
THE ISRAELITES
- Acquainted with the making of
- 1Sa 13:19- Frequently used
- Ne 4:13,16- Ill provided with, in the times of Deborah and Saul
- Jud 5:8; 1Sa 13:22Provided by the kings of Israel in great abundance - 2Ch 11:12; 32:5
Frequently thrown from the hand - 1Sa 18:11; 19:10
Often retained in the hand of the person using - Nu 25:7; 2Sa 2:23
Stuck in the ground beside the bolster during sleep - 1Sa 26:7-11
Illustrative of the bitterness of the wicked - Ps 57:4
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