Thematic Bible: Suspended from the girdle


Thematic Bible



As for the builders, each wore his sword girded at his side as he built, while the trumpeter stood near me.

David girded his sword over his armor and tried to walk, for he had not tested them. So David said to Saul, “I cannot go with these, for I have not tested them.” And David took them off.

Gird Your sword on Your thigh, O Mighty One,
In Your splendor and Your majesty!

When they were at the large stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Now Joab was dressed in his military attire, and over it was a belt with a sword in its sheath fastened at his waist; and as he went forward, it fell out.