Thematic Bible: Ax


Thematic Bible



He also brought out the people who [were] in it and put them to the saws and to the iron picks and to the iron axes, and he sent them to the place of the brickmakers. Thus he used to do to all the cities of the {Ammonites}, and he and all of the army returned to Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsAxesIronToolsCaptivesClay, UsesHorrors Of WarSawsFurnacesIron ObjectsForced Labour

{For example}, when somebody goes with his neighbor into the forest to cut wood, and the iron [head] slips from the handle [of the tool] and strikes his neighbor and he dies, [then] he may flee to one of these cities, and [so] he may live. Verse ConceptsForestsToolsWoodCarpentry ToolsFelling TreesSharp ToolsIron Objects

So all Israel [went] down to [the] Philistines, each to have his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, and his iron plowshare sharpened. The charge was {two-thirds of a shekel} for the plowshare and for the mattock, and {a third of a shekel for the pick} and for the axe, and to set the goading sticks.

They are known [to be] like [those who] {wield} axes in a thicket of trees. And now its carved works altogether they have smashed with axe and hammer.

[He says], "You [are] a war club for me, a weapon of battle, and I smash nations with you, and I destroy kingdoms with you. Verse ConceptsAxesPunishment, Nature OfWeaponsHammersWeapons Of GodWarSpiritual WarfareBattledrums

Her sound [is] like a snake [that] glides away, for they march in force. And with axes they come to her like those who chop trees. Verse ConceptsFugitivesAxesSnakesFelling TreesThings Like SnakesSound

Already now the ax is positioned at the root of the trees; therefore every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Verse ConceptsBearing Bad FruitFruitAxesRootsSin, God's Judgment OnToolsFelling TreesBurning PlantsBad Items

It happened as the one [was] felling the log, that the iron ax fell into the water. He called out and said, "Oh, no! My master, it was borrowed!" Then the man of God said, "Where did it fall?" So he showed him the place, and then he cut off a stick and threw [it] there and made the iron ax float.

and the thrust of his battering ram he will direct against your walls, and your towers he will break down with his weapons. Verse ConceptsAxesBattering ramsTowers

And Zedekiah the son of Kenaanah made for himself horns of iron, and he said, "Thus says Yahweh: 'With these you will gore Aram to their destruction.'" Verse ConceptsHornsIron

Then the man of God said, "Where did it fall?" So he showed him the place, and then he cut off a stick and threw [it] there and made the iron ax float. Verse ConceptsMiracles Of ElishaBuoyancyWhere Are Things?

If the ax is blunt but one does not sharpen its edge, {he must exert more effort}, but the advantage of wisdom [is] it brings success. Verse ConceptsAxesSharpeningBenefits Of WisdomSuccess Through GodSuccess And Hard Workenergy

And he will cut down the thickets of the forest with the axe, and Lebanon will fall by [the] mighty [one]. Verse ConceptsThe Prophecy Towards Lebanon