Thematic Bible: Ax
Thematic Bible
Ax » An implement
brought back the people who had lived in it, placing them under conscripted labor with saws, iron picks, and axes. He did this to every Ammonite city, and then David and his entire army returned to Jerusalem.
For instance, he may have accompanied his friend to go to a forest to cut trees. Then he swung his axe to cut some wood, but the ax head flew off the handle and hit his friend, so that he died. The killer may flee to one of these cities to live.
Everyone in Israel would have to go to the Philistines so each person could sharpen his plow, his mattock, his axe, and his sickle. The charge was one pin for plows, mattocks, three pronged forks, and axes, or for setting the goads.
As one blazes a trail through a forest with an ax, now they're tearing down all its carved work with hatchets and hammers.
Ax » Figurative
"You are my war-club and weapons of war. I'll smash nations with you and destroy kingdoms with you.
Her cry will be like that of a fleeing serpent when they come in strength. They're coming to her with axes like woodcutters.
The ax already lies against the roots of the trees. So every tree that isn't producing good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
Ax » Elisha causes to swim
It happened that as one of them was felling a beam, his axe head fell into the water. He cried out, "Oh no! Master! The axe was on loan to me!" The man of God asked, "Where did it fall?" When he was shown the place, he cut off a branch, tossed it there, and made the iron axe head float.
Ax » Battle-ax
""He'll direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and will breach your fortified towers with axes.
Iron » First recorded use of » Articles made of » Ax
Chenaanah's son Zedekiah made iron horns for himself and told them, "This is what the LORD says, "With these horns you are to gore the Arameans until they are eliminated!'"
The man of God asked, "Where did it fall?" When he was shown the place, he cut off a branch, tossed it there, and made the iron axe head float.
If someone's ax is blunt the edge isn't sharpened then more strength will be needed. Putting wisdom to work will bring success.
He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an ax, and Lebanon will fall by the Majestic One."