Thematic Bible: Archery


Thematic Bible



The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and persecute him, Verse ConceptsNations Attacking IsraelBitternessharassment

Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water, there they shall rehearse the righteous acts of LORD, the righteous acts of his rule in Israel. Then the people of LORD went down to the gates. Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfVoicesStanding In The Gateway

And the battle went severely against Saul, and the archers overtook him, and he was greatly distressed because of the archers. Verse ConceptsBreastplatesArchers, Men Shot By

All thy rulers fled away together. They were bound by the archers. All who were found of thee were bound together; they fled afar off. Verse ConceptsIsrael Fleeing


Against [him who] bends let the archer bend his bow, and against [him who] lifts himself up in his coat of mail. And spare ye not her young men. Destroy ye utterly all her host. Verse ConceptsBreastplatesDisarmamentRopes

From him shall come forth the corner-stone, from him the nail, from him the battle bow, from him every ruler together. Verse ConceptsTentsPegs

(and he bade them teach the sons of Judah [the song of] the bow; behold, it is written in the book of Jashar): Verse ConceptsWriting SongsHistorical BooksTeaching The Way Of God

The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty, who were able to Verse ConceptsMilitaryShieldsSkillArchers, In ArmiesForty Thousand And Up

They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow. They were of Saul's brothers of Benjamin. Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalSlingsStonesWarriorsLeft HandedThrowing StonesArrows

And Asa had an army that bore bucklers and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand, and out of Benjamin, that bore shields and drew bows, two hundred and eighty thousand. All these were mighty men of valor. Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalShieldsSpearsArchers, In ArmiesWarriorsTwo Hundred Thousand And MoreThree To Nine Hundred Thousand

And Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the army, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging. Verse ConceptsBreastplatesCoatsArmourHead coveringShieldsSlingsSpearsArchers, In ArmiesArmor ProtectionArmorySports

Therefore I set in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I set [there] the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows. Verse ConceptsFamily SolidaritySpearsProtecting Your Familyvulnerability

For I have bent Judah for me. I have filled the bow with Ephraim. And I will stir up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and will make thee as the sword of a mighty man. Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Symbol Of Strengthenemies, of Israel and JudahArchers, Likened To God

Now the Philistines fought against Israel. And the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons, and the Philistines killed Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul. And the battle went severely against Saul, and the archers overtook him, and he was greatly distressed because of the archers.

And the battle went hard against Saul, and the archers overtook him. And he was wounded because of the archers.

And I will shoot three arrows on the side of it, as though I shot at a mark. Verse ConceptsTargetsThree Other ThingsMissing The Mark

And he said to his lad, Run, now find the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him. And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee?

Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver, and as for gold, they shall not delight in it. And [their] bows shall dash the young men in pieces. And they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.

Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, except only with the king of Israel. And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel, and they turned aside to fight against him. And Jehoshaphat cried out. And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him. read more.
And a certain man drew his bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the armor. Therefore he said to the driver of his chariot, Turn thy hand, and carry me out of the army, for I am severely wounded.

And the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, shall be few. For LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken it. Verse ConceptsSurvivors Of IsraelFew People

And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, a hundred and fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin. Verse ConceptsGrandchildrenArchers, In ArmiesWarriors

Go up, ye horses, and rage, ye chariots. And let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, who handle the shield, and the Ludim, who handle and bend the bow. Verse ConceptsHorsesAttacking With Chariots

And God was with the lad, and he grew. And he dwelt in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer. Verse ConceptsArchers, MenHuntingRecreationGrowing UpLiving In The WildernessGod With Specific Peoplemanhood

Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take venison for me. Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Uses OfArrows, Uses OfHuntingQuiversArchers, MenArrowsDeergames