Thematic Bible: Military Arms


Thematic Bible






Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. read more.
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones. Verse ConceptsBreastplatesCoatsArmourHead coveringShieldsSlingsSpearsArchers, In ArmiesArmor ProtectionArmorySports

And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail. Verse ConceptsArmourArmor ProtectionHelmetsBronze Armourarmor

And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. Verse ConceptsBreastplatesArmourHead coveringArmor ProtectionHelmetsWeights Of Other ThingsBronze Armour

Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines. Verse ConceptsBreastplatesArmourequipping, physicalArmor ProtectionRiding Horsesarmor

Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished: It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree. And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.

And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering: Verse ConceptsSparklingGod's Sword

And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer. Verse ConceptsArmourWasteArmorbearerThose Who Lovedarmor

Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died. Verse ConceptsArmourArmorbearerApproval To Kill OneselfKilling Named Individuals

Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father. Verse ConceptsArmourGarrisonsManlinessCrossing To The Other SideThose Who Did Not Tell

Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not of double heart. Verse ConceptsLoyaltyFifty To Ninety ThousandWhole HeartednessMind Battlestraining

And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand. Verse ConceptsOne Hundred Thousand And More

And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones. Verse ConceptsBreastplatesCoatsArmourHead coveringShieldsSlingsSpearsArchers, In ArmiesArmor ProtectionArmorySports

And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side. Verse ConceptsArmourShieldsSpearsArmor ProtectionArmory

Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not of double heart. Verse ConceptsLoyaltyFifty To Ninety ThousandWhole HeartednessMind Battlestraining

And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand. Verse ConceptsOne Hundred Thousand And More



And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not. Verse ConceptsGoldHerbs And SpicesPride, Examples OfPride, OriginArmoryFragranceThings RevealedTaking Mixed Metalscredibility

Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men. Verse ConceptsNecksArmoryElegancecrusades

And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand. And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.

Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak. Verse ConceptsAssassinations, CompletedHeart, HumanSpearsPiercingsThree Other Things

The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war. Verse ConceptsMilitaryShieldsSkillArchers, In ArmiesForty Thousand And Up

He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee. Verse ConceptsFortsKilled With The SwordSiege MoundsThe Nations Attacked

And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target. Verse ConceptsThe Number Two HundredWeights Of Gold

And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made. And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king's house.

And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail. Verse ConceptsArmourArmor ProtectionHelmetsBronze Armourarmor

And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. Verse ConceptsBreastplatesArmourHead coveringArmor ProtectionHelmetsWeights Of Other ThingsBronze Armour

They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon. Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalenemies, of Israel and JudahMercy, HumanSeaRoar Of NationsOppressorsSea, Metaphorical ReferencesPeople Without Mercy

So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him. Verse ConceptsSoldiers

And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle. Verse ConceptsArmourBeltsArmor ProtectionPeople Giving Clothes

And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle. Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Uses OfArmourBeltsRobesArmor ProtectionDressPeople Giving ClothesPeople Stripping Offarmor

They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel? Verse ConceptsForty Thousand And UpNo Help In Other GodsVolunteering

Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears: But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock. Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads. read more.
So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.

Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow. Verse ConceptsFighting Enemies

And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded. Verse ConceptsBreastplatesBow And Arrows, Uses OfArmourDeath Of The Wicked, Examples OfArchers, Men Shot ByChancearmorlungs

And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers. Verse ConceptsAxesBattering ramsTowers

Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; Verse ConceptsAxesPunishment, Nature OfWeaponsHammersWeapons Of GodWarSpiritual WarfareBattledrums

So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David. Verse ConceptsAchievementdefeatSlinging Stones

And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it. Verse ConceptsSlingsFelling TreesCities Under AttackThrowing StonesPeople Drying Things UpHarming Treescrusades

They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. Verse ConceptsBabylonGod's IndignationAnger Of God, ConsequencesWeaponsDestruction Of CountriesWeapons Of GodGood Things From Far AwayPeople From Far Away

The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans. Verse ConceptsWeaponsArmoryWeapons Of Godventing

Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle. Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.

Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. Verse ConceptsBattlesVoicesBattle Cries

And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down. Verse ConceptsBattering ramsSiegesWallsSiege MoundsPeople Attacking Their Own

And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about. Verse ConceptsBuild, LiterallyBattering ramsFortsAttacks On Jerusalem Foretold

But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh. Verse ConceptsThighsTwo SidedDimensions Of Other ThingsOther Right Parts

And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly: And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.

And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men. Verse ConceptsSeven To Nine HundredTwenty Thousand And Up

And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living. Verse ConceptsIniquity, Punishment ForHell, Punishment OfWeaponsFearing Other PeopleLife And DeathState Of The Dead

He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through. Verse ConceptsArrows, Described AsIronSteel

And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.

And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him. Verse ConceptsPlunderingNot Turning AsideChanging Direction

But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils. Verse ConceptsVictory, Over Spiritual ForcesGod Shows Loving KindnessLimitations Of StrengthStrong PeopleTying UpDividing The SpoilOvercoming

Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand; Verse ConceptsPraiseTwo SidedPraise The Lord!Weapons Of The BelieverPraising God With Your Mouth

But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. Verse ConceptsSharpnessTwo SidedBitterness

And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong. Verse ConceptsFameIntelligenceStonesInventionsArrowsSports

Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance. Verse ConceptsArmourShieldsTowersWeaponsArmor ProtectionBuilding Jerusalem's Wallrebuildingreinforcement

Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good. Verse ConceptsBenefits Of WisdomWeapons Of The BelieverFamily Conflict

They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness. The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.

And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years: So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.

And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent. Verse ConceptsTentsSkullsMemorabiliaWeed

And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him. Verse ConceptsUnable To Do Other Thingsarmor

And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste. Verse ConceptsUrgencyWeaponsHasteHasty Action

How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished! Verse ConceptsWeaponsPeople StumblingDrawbacks To Man's PowerWarheroes

And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded. Verse ConceptsBreastplatesBow And Arrows, Uses OfArmourDeath Of The Wicked, Examples OfArchers, Men Shot ByChancearmorlungs

And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people. Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalChief priestsCrowdsLargenessWhile Still SpeakingTwelve DisciplesClubsThe Chief Priests Condemning Christ

And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders. Verse ConceptsBackLegsArmor ProtectionJavelinsBronze Armour

And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders. Verse ConceptsBackLegsArmor ProtectionJavelinsBronze Armour

And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. Verse ConceptsMulesGiftsHerbs And SpicesRobesUnceasingAlways Being ActivePeople Giving ClothesAcquiring Horses

Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield. Verse ConceptsAnointing With OilOfficersShieldsTablesAnointing ThingsEating And Drinking

He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. Verse ConceptsArrows, Described AsGod's ArrowsWeapons Of GodArrowsinstruments

But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils. Verse ConceptsVictory, Over Spiritual ForcesGod Shows Loving KindnessLimitations Of StrengthStrong PeopleTying UpDividing The SpoilOvercoming

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