Thematic Bible: Archery
Thematic Bible
Archery » In war
shot at him, and were hostile toward him.
the righteous deeds of His warriors in Israel,
with the voices of the singers at the watering places.
When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers caught up with him and severely wounded him.
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captured without a bow.
All your fugitives were captured together;
they had fled far away.
at the sound of the horseman and the archer.
They enter the thickets
and climb among the rocks.
Every city is abandoned;
no inhabitant is left.
don’t let him put on
Don’t spare her young men;
completely destroy her entire army!
The tent peg
and also the battle bow
Together
Archery » Practiced by the israelites
and he ordered that the Judahites be taught The Song of the Bow. It is written in the Book of Jashar:
The sons of Reuben and Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 warriors who could serve in the army—men who carried shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for war.
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They were archers who could use either the right or left hand, both to sling stones and shoot arrows from a bow. They were Saul’s relatives from Benjamin:
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Asa had an army of 300,000 from Judah bearing large shields and spears, and 280,000 from Benjamin bearing regular shields and drawing the bow. All these were brave warriors.
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Uzziah provided the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows and slingstones.
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So I stationed people behind the lowest sections of the wall, at the vulnerable areas. I stationed them by families with their swords, spears, and bows.
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I will fill that bow with Ephraim.
I will rouse your sons, Zion,
against your sons, Greece.
I will make you like a warrior’s sword.
Archery » Practiced by the philistines
The Philistines fought against Israel, and Israel's men fled from them. Many were killed on Mount Gilboa. The Philistines overtook Saul and his sons and killed his sons, Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua. When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers caught up with him and severely wounded him.
When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers found him and severely wounded him.
Archery » Practiced by jonathan
I will shoot three arrows beside it as if I’m aiming at a target.
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He said to the young man, "Run and find the arrows I'm shooting." As the young man ran, Jonathan shot an arrow beyond him. He came to the location of the arrow that Jonathan had shot, but Jonathan called to him and said, "The arrow is beyond you, isn't it?"
Archery » Practiced by the persians
Look! I am stirring up the Medes against them, who cannot be bought off with silver and who have no desire for gold. [Their] bows will cut young men to pieces. They will have no compassion on little ones; they will not look with pity on children.
Archery » Practiced by the syrians
Now the king of Aram had ordered his 32 chariot commanders, "Do not fight with anyone at all except the king of Israel." When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they shouted, "He must be the king of Israel!" So they turned to fight against him, but Jehoshaphat cried out. When the chariot commanders saw that he was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him. read more.
But a man drew his bow without taking special aim and struck the king of Israel through the joints of his armor. So he said to his charioteer, "Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!"
But a man drew his bow without taking special aim and struck the king of Israel through the joints of his armor. So he said to his charioteer, "Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!"
Archery » Practiced by the people of kedar
The remaining Kedarite archers will be few in number.” For the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.
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Archery » Practiced by the sons of ulam
All these were among Benjamin’s sons.
Archery » Practiced by the lydians
Race furiously, you chariots!
Let the warriors go out—
Cush and Put,
who are able to handle shields,
and the Ludim,
who are able to handle and string the bow.
Archery » Practiced by ishmael
God was with the boy, and he grew; he settled in the wilderness and became an archer.
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Archery » Practiced by esau
Take your hunting gear, your quiver and bow, and go out in the field to hunt some game for me.
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