Thematic Bible: Military Arms
Thematic Bible
military Arms » Illustrative of » Spiritual armor
But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in heavenly places. Therefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. read more.
Stand therefore, having your loins girded about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
Stand therefore, having your loins girded about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
military Arms » Defensive: » Helmet
And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and body armor, and bows, and slings to cast stones.
And Saul armed David with his armor, and he put a helmet of bronze upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.
And he had a helmet of bronze upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze.
military Arms » Before using » Burnished
Harness the horses; and get up, you horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; polish the spears, and put on the armor.
Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also polished: It is sharpened to make a great slaughter; it is polished that it may flash like lightning: should we then make mirth? it despised the rod of my son, like every tree. And he has given it to be polished, that it may be used: this sword is sharpened, and it is polished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.
And you, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is polished, to consume because of the flashing:
military Arms » Part of, borne by armor-bearers
And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armorbearer.
Then he called hastily unto the young man his armorbearer, and said unto him, Draw your sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
Now it came to pass one day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bore his armor, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father.
military Arms » Were provided » By individuals themselves
Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, who could keep ranks: they had singleness of heart.
And on the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for battle, a hundred and twenty thousand.
military Arms » Were provided » From the public arsenals
And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and body armor, and bows, and slings to cast stones.
And in every city he put shields and spears, and made them very strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
military Arms » Offensive: » Called instruments of war
Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, who could keep ranks: they had singleness of heart.
And on the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for battle, a hundred and twenty thousand.
military Arms » Illustrative of » Spiritual weapons
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds;)
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
military Arms » For sieges: » Armories built for
And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and showed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah showed them not.
Your neck is like the tower of David built for an armory, on which there hang a thousand shields, all shields of mighty men.
military Arms » Offensive: » Dart or javelin
And it came to pass the next day, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand. And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will pin David even to the wall with it. And David escaped out of his presence twice.
Then said Joab, I cannot tarry thus with you. And he took three spears in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
military Arms » Defensive: » Buckler
The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear shield and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.
He shall slay with the sword your daughters in the field: and he shall set up a siege wall against you, and cast a mound against you, and lift up a large shield against you.
military Arms » Defensive: » Shield
And king Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one large shield.
And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made. And king Rehoboam made in their place bronze shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house.
military Arms » Defensive: » Coat of mail, breastplate, habergeon, or brigandine
And Saul armed David with his armor, and he put a helmet of bronze upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.
And he had a helmet of bronze upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze.
military Arms » Offensive: » Spear or lance
They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not show mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, everyone set in array, like a man for the battle, against you, O daughter of Babylon.
So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the camp, and his spear stuck in the ground at his head: but Abner and the people lay round about him.
military Arms » Defensive: » Girdle
And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, you saw him, and why did you not strike him there to the ground? and I would have given you ten shekels of silver, and a belt.
And Jonathan removed the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his belt.
military Arms » Of conquered nations taken away to prevent rebellion
They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
Now there was no blacksmith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears: But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his plowshare, and his mattock, and his ax, and his sickle. And the charge was a third of a shekel for the plowshares, and for the mattocks, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads. read more.
So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son they were found.
So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son they were found.
military Arms » Offensive: » Bow and arrows
Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
And a certain man drew a bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor: therefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn your hand, and carry me out of the battle; for I am wounded.
military Arms » Offensive: » Battle-axe
And he shall set battering rams against your walls, and with his axes he shall break down your towers.
You are my battle-axe and weapons of war: for with you will I break in pieces the nations, and with you will I destroy kingdoms;
military Arms » Offensive: » Sling
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and covered it; and they stopped up all the wells of water, and cut down all the good trees: only in Kir-haraseth left they its stones; the slingers surrounded it, and conquered it.
military Arms » Illustrative of » Judgments of God
They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
The LORD has opened his armory, and has brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
military Arms » For sieges: » Put on at the first alarm
Order the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle. Harness the horses; and get up, you horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; polish the spears, and put on the armor.
Be shattered, O you people, you shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all you from far countries: gird yourselves, and you shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and you shall be broken in pieces.
military Arms » For sieges: » Battering rams
And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
And lay siege against it, and build a siege wall against it, and cast up a mound against it; set camps also against it, and place battering rams against it round about.
military Arms » Offensive: » Dagger
But Ehud made himself a dagger which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he did gird it under his clothes upon his right thigh.
And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly: And the hilt also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and his entrails came out.
military Arms » Offensive: » Sword
And the children of Benjamin numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who numbered seven hundred chosen men.
And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, who have gone down to sheol with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
military Arms » Made of iron, steel, or brass
And he had a helmet of bronze upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze. And he had armor of bronze upon his legs, and a javelin of bronze upon his shoulders.
military Arms » Of the vanquished » Taken off them
And Abner said to him, Turn you aside to your right hand or to your left, and lay you hold on one of the young men, and take you his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.
But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he takes from him all his armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoils.
military Arms » Offensive: » Two-edged sword
Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand;
military Arms » For sieges: » Engines for casting stones, &c
And he made in Jerusalem devices, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and upon the corners, to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvelously helped, till he was strong.
military Arms » For sieges: » Great stores of, prepared
Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall outside, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.
military Arms » Inferior to wisdom
military Arms » Hung of the walls of cities
They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in your army, your men of war: they hung the shield and helmet in you; they set forth your splendor. The men of Arvad with your army were upon your walls round about, and the Gammadim were in your towers: they hung their shields upon your walls round about; they have made your beauty perfect.
military Arms » Of the vanquished » Sometime burned
And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the war clubs, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years: So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall plunder those that plundered them, and rob those that robbed them, says the Lord GOD.
military Arms » Of the vanquished » Sometimes kept as trophies
And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent.
military Arms » Before using » Tried and proved
And David girded his sword upon his armor, and he attempted to go; for he had not tried it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not tried them. And David put them off him.
military Arms » For sieges: » Not worn in ordinary times
And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here on hand a spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.
military Arms » Offensive: » Called weapons of war
military Arms » Defensive: » Called harness
And a certain man drew a bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor: therefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn your hand, and carry me out of the battle; for I am wounded.
military Arms » Offensive: » Handstaff
And while he yet spoke, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and elders of the people.
military Arms » Defensive: » Greaves
And he had armor of bronze upon his legs, and a javelin of bronze upon his shoulders.
military Arms » Defensive: » Target
And he had armor of bronze upon his legs, and a javelin of bronze upon his shoulders.
military Arms » Often given as presents
And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a set rate year by year.
military Arms » Before using » Anointed
Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, you princes, and anoint the shield.
military Arms » Offensive: » Called instruments of death
He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death; he makes ready his arrows against the persecutors.
military Arms » Defensive: » Called armor
But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he takes from him all his armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoils.