Thematic Bible: Before war


Thematic Bible



They make ready the table, they put down the covers, they take food and drink. Up! you captains; put oil on your breastplates. Verse ConceptsAnointing With OilOfficersShieldsTablesAnointing ThingsEating And Drinking

O mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain on you, you fields of death: for there the arms of the strong have been shamed, the arms of Saul, as if he had not been marked with the holy oil. Verse Conceptsdrought, physicaldewLack Of RainAnointing Things

Make bright the arrows; take up the body-covers: the Lord has been moving the spirit of the king of the Medes; because his design against Babylon is its destruction: for it is the punishment from the Lord, the payment for his Temple. Verse ConceptsArrows, Described AsShieldsArchers, In ArmiesDestruction Of BabylonBabylon DestroyedSharpeningGod Executes VengeanceGod's PlansArrowsRevenge

Get out the breastplate and body-cover, and come together to the fight. Verse ConceptsArmourShieldsArmor ProtectionFighting Enemies

And Elam was armed with arrows, and Aram came on horseback; and the breastplate of Kir was uncovered. Verse ConceptsQuiversThings Stripped

The body-covers of his fighting men have been made red, the men of war are clothed in bright red: the war-carriages are like flames of fire in the day when he gets ready, the horses are shaking. Verse ConceptsCrimsonColors, ScarletAttacking With ChariotsSparklingRed ClothesSteelColor

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain