Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.
Left-handed
Sling stones
Bible References
Left-handed
Judges 3:15
But when the Israelis cried out to the LORD, the LORD raised up Gera's son Ehud, a left-handed descendant of Benjamin, as a deliverer for them. The Israelis paid tribute through him to king Eglon of Moab.
1 Chronicles 12:2
Equipped as archers, they could use both their right and left hands to shoot arrows and hurl stones. As descendants of Benjamin, they were Saul's relatives.
Sling stones
1 Samuel 17:40
He took his staff in his hand and chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook and put them in the pouch in his shepherd's bag. He approached the Philistine with his sling in his hand.
1 Samuel 25:29
If anyone should arise to pursue you and seek your life, may the life of your majesty be bound up with the LORD your God in a bundle of the living, and may he sling out the lives of your enemies from the pocket of a sling.
2 Chronicles 26:14
In addition, Uzziah equipped the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, body armor, bows, and stones for use in slings.