Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
military Arms » Of conquered nations taken away to prevent rebellion
God chose new [leaders], then war [was at the] gates; a small shield or a spear was not seen among forty thousand in Israel.
Now no skilled craftsman could be found in all the land of Israel, for [the] Philistines had said, "So that the Hebrews cannot make swords or spears for themselves." 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. read more.
{So} on [the] day of battle, there was not a sword or a spear found in the hands of all the army that was with Saul and Jonathan, but {Saul and his son Jonathan had them}.
{So} on [the] day of battle, there was not a sword or a spear found in the hands of all the army that was with Saul and Jonathan, but {Saul and his son Jonathan had them}.
Gates » Of cities » Chief points of attack in war
God chose new [leaders], then war [was at the] gates; a small shield or a spear was not seen among forty thousand in Israel.
And this happened: the choicest of your valleys were full of chariots, and the cavalry confidently stood at the gate.
so that a heart melts, and the fallen {multiply} at all of their gates. I gave a sword for slaughter, [and] alas! It is made for flashing, it is grasped for slaughtering.
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » New gods
God chose new [leaders], then war [was at the] gates; a small shield or a spear was not seen among forty thousand in Israel.
They sacrificed to the demons, not God, [to] gods whom they had not known, new [gods] [who] came from recent times; {their ancestors had not known them}.
Shields » Were scarce in israel in the days of deborah and barak
God chose new [leaders], then war [was at the] gates; a small shield or a spear was not seen among forty thousand in Israel.
Spears » The israelites » Ill provided with, in the times of deborah and saul
God chose new [leaders], then war [was at the] gates; a small shield or a spear was not seen among forty thousand in Israel.
{So} on [the] day of battle, there was not a sword or a spear found in the hands of all the army that was with Saul and Jonathan, but {Saul and his son Jonathan had them}.
War » Often sent as a punishment for sin
God chose new [leaders], then war [was at the] gates; a small shield or a spear was not seen among forty thousand in Israel.