Thematic Bible: Of the vanquished
Thematic Bible
military Arms » Of the vanquished » Taken off them
So Abner said to him, “Turn to your right or to your left, and take hold of one of the young men for yourself, and take for yourself his spoil.” But Asahel was not willing to turn aside from following him.
military Arms » Of the vanquished » Sometime burned
"Then those who inhabit the cities of Israel will go out and make fires with the weapons and burn them, both shields and bucklers, bows and arrows, war clubs and spears, and for seven years they will make fires of them. "They will not take wood from the field or gather firewood from the forests, for they will make fires with the weapons; and they will take the spoil of those who despoiled them and seize the plunder of those who plundered them," declares the Lord GOD.
military Arms » Of the vanquished » Sometimes kept as trophies
Then David took the Philistine’s head and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his weapons in his tent.