Thematic Bible: Military Arms


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by truthful teaching, by the power of God, with weapons of righteousness both for the right hand and for the left, Verse ConceptsArmor of GodPower Through GodArmourWeaponsTruthArmor, SpiritualWeapons Of The BelieverGod's Word Is TruePurityPowerStrugglesThe Power Of WordsSpeecharmor

Clothe yourselves with the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens. For this reason, take up the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand your ground on the evil day, and having done everything, to stand. read more.
Stand firm therefore, by fastening the belt of truth around your waist, by putting on the breastplate of righteousness,

Uzziah supplied shields, spears, helmets, breastplates, bows, and slingstones for the entire army. Verse ConceptsBreastplatesCoatsArmourHead coveringShieldsSlingsSpearsArchers, In ArmiesArmor ProtectionArmorySports

Then Saul clothed David with his own fighting attire and put a bronze helmet on his head. He also put body armor on him. Verse ConceptsArmourArmor ProtectionHelmetsBronze Armourarmor

He had a bronze helmet on his head and was wearing scale body armor. The weight of his bronze body armor was five thousand shekels. Verse ConceptsBreastplatesArmourHead coveringArmor ProtectionHelmetsWeights Of Other ThingsBronze Armour

Harness the horses to the chariots! Mount your horses! Put on your helmets and take your positions! Sharpen you spears! Put on your armor! Verse ConceptsBreastplatesArmourequipping, physicalArmor ProtectionRiding Horsesarmor

"Son of man, prophesy and say: 'This is what the Lord says: "'A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also polished. It is sharpened for slaughter, it is polished to flash like lightning! "'Should we rejoice in the scepter of my son? No! The sword despises every tree! "'He gave it to be polished, to be grasped in the hand -- the sword is sharpened, it is polished -- giving it into the hand of the executioner.

"As for you, son of man, prophesy and say, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says concerning the Ammonites and their coming humiliation; say: "'A sword, a sword drawn for slaughter, polished to consume, to flash like lightning -- Verse ConceptsSparklingGod's Sword

David came to Saul and stood before him. Saul liked him a great deal, and he became his armor bearer. Verse ConceptsArmourWasteArmorbearerThose Who Lovedarmor

He quickly called to the young man who carried his weapons, "Draw your sword and kill me, so they will not say, 'A woman killed him.'" So the young man stabbed him and he died. Verse ConceptsArmourArmorbearerApproval To Kill OneselfKilling Named Individuals

Then one day Jonathan son of Saul said to his armor bearer, "Come on, let's go over to the Philistine garrison that is opposite us." But he did not let his father know. Verse ConceptsArmourGarrisonsManlinessCrossing To The Other SideThose Who Did Not Tell

From Zebulun there were 50,000 warriors who were prepared for battle, equipped with all kinds of weapons, and ready to give their undivided loyalty. Verse ConceptsLoyaltyFifty To Ninety ThousandWhole HeartednessMind Battlestraining

From the other side of the Jordan, from Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, there were 120,000 men armed with all kinds of weapons. Verse ConceptsOne Hundred Thousand And More

Uzziah supplied shields, spears, helmets, breastplates, bows, and slingstones for the entire army. Verse ConceptsBreastplatesCoatsArmourHead coveringShieldsSlingsSpearsArchers, In ArmiesArmor ProtectionArmorySports

In each city there were shields and spears; he strongly fortified them. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him. Verse ConceptsArmourShieldsSpearsArmor ProtectionArmory

From Zebulun there were 50,000 warriors who were prepared for battle, equipped with all kinds of weapons, and ready to give their undivided loyalty. Verse ConceptsLoyaltyFifty To Ninety ThousandWhole HeartednessMind Battlestraining

From the other side of the Jordan, from Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, there were 120,000 men armed with all kinds of weapons. Verse ConceptsOne Hundred Thousand And More



Hezekiah welcomed them and showed them his whole storehouse, with its silver, gold, spices, and high quality olive oil, as well as his armory and everything in his treasuries. Hezekiah showed them everything in his palace and in his whole kingdom. Verse ConceptsGoldHerbs And SpicesPride, Examples OfPride, OriginArmoryFragranceThings RevealedTaking Mixed Metalscredibility

Your neck is like the tower of David built with courses of stones; one thousand shields are hung on it -- all shields of valiant warriors. Verse ConceptsNecksArmoryElegancecrusades

The next day an evil spirit from God rushed upon Saul and he prophesied within his house. Now David was playing the lyre that day. There was a spear in Saul's hand, and Saul threw the spear, thinking, "I'll nail David to the wall!" But David escaped from him on two different occasions.

Joab replied, "I will not wait around like this for you!" He took three spears in his hand and thrust them into the middle of Absalom while he was still alive in the middle of the oak tree. Verse ConceptsAssassinations, CompletedHeart, HumanSpearsPiercingsThree Other Things

The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 men in their combined armies, warriors who carried shields and swords, were equipped with bows, and were trained for war. Verse ConceptsMilitaryShieldsSkillArchers, In ArmiesForty Thousand And Up

He will kill your daughters in the field with the sword. He will build a siege wall against you, erect a siege ramp against you, and raise a great shield against you. Verse ConceptsFortsKilled With The SwordSiege MoundsThe Nations Attacked

King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; 600 measures of gold were used for each shield. Verse ConceptsThe Number Two HundredWeights Of Gold

He took away the treasures of the Lord's temple and of the royal palace; he took everything, including all the golden shields that Solomon had made. King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned them to the officers of the royal guard who protected the entrance to the royal palace.

Then Saul clothed David with his own fighting attire and put a bronze helmet on his head. He also put body armor on him. Verse ConceptsArmourArmor ProtectionHelmetsBronze Armourarmor

He had a bronze helmet on his head and was wearing scale body armor. The weight of his bronze body armor was five thousand shekels. Verse ConceptsBreastplatesArmourHead coveringArmor ProtectionHelmetsWeights Of Other ThingsBronze Armour

Its soldiers are armed with bows and spears. They are cruel and show no mercy. They sound like the roaring sea as they ride forth on their horses. Lined up in formation like men going into battle, they are coming against you, fair Babylon! Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalenemies, of Israel and JudahMercy, HumanSeaRoar Of NationsOppressorsSea, Metaphorical ReferencesPeople Without Mercy

So David and Abishai approached the army at night and found Saul lying asleep in the entrenchment with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. Abner and the army were lying all around him. Verse ConceptsSoldiers

Joab replied to the man who was telling him this, "What! You saw this? Why didn't you strike him down right on the spot? I would have given you ten pieces of silver and a commemorative belt!" Verse ConceptsArmourBeltsArmor ProtectionPeople Giving Clothes

Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with the rest of his gear, including his sword, his bow, and even his belt. Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Uses OfArmourBeltsRobesArmor ProtectionDressPeople Giving ClothesPeople Stripping Offarmor

God chose new leaders, then fighters appeared in the city gates; but, I swear, not a shield or spear could be found, among forty military units in Israel. Verse ConceptsForty Thousand And UpNo Help In Other GodsVolunteering

A blacksmith could not be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines had said, "This will prevent the Hebrews from making swords and spears." So all Israel had to go down to the Philistines in order to get their plowshares, cutting instruments, axes, and sickles sharpened. They charged two-thirds of a shekel to sharpen plowshares and cutting instruments, and a third of a shekel to sharpen picks and axes, and to set ox goads. read more.
So on the day of the battle no sword or spear was to be found in the hand of anyone in the army that was with Saul and Jonathan. No one but Saul and his son Jonathan had them.

As one who is above your brothers, I give to you the mountain slope, which I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow." Verse ConceptsFighting Enemies

Now an archer shot an arrow at random, and it struck the king of Israel between the plates of his armor. The king ordered his charioteer, "Turn around and take me from the battle line, because I'm wounded." Verse ConceptsBreastplatesBow And Arrows, Uses OfArmourDeath Of The Wicked, Examples OfArchers, Men Shot ByChancearmorlungs

He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his weapons. Verse ConceptsAxesBattering ramsTowers

"Babylon, you are my war club, my weapon for battle. I used you to smash nations. I used you to destroy kingdoms. Verse ConceptsAxesPunishment, Nature OfWeaponsHammersWeapons Of GodWarSpiritual WarfareBattledrums

David prevailed over the Philistine with just the sling and the stone. He struck down the Philistine and killed him. David did not even have a sword in his hand. Verse ConceptsAchievementdefeatSlinging Stones

They tore down the cities and each man threw a stone into every cultivated field until they were covered. They stopped up every spring and chopped down every productive tree. Only Kir Hareseth was left intact, but the slingers surrounded it and attacked it. Verse ConceptsSlingsFelling TreesCities Under AttackThrowing StonesPeople Drying Things UpHarming Treescrusades

They come from a distant land, from the horizon. It is the Lord with his instruments of judgment, coming to destroy the whole earth. Verse ConceptsBabylonGod's IndignationAnger Of God, ConsequencesWeaponsDestruction Of CountriesWeapons Of GodGood Things From Far AwayPeople From Far Away

I have opened up the place where my weapons are stored. I have brought out the weapons for carrying out my wrath. For I, the Lord God who rules over all, have work to carry out in the land of Babylonia. Verse ConceptsWeaponsArmoryWeapons Of Godventing

"Fall into ranks with your shields ready! Prepare to march into battle! Harness the horses to the chariots! Mount your horses! Put on your helmets and take your positions! Sharpen you spears! Put on your armor!

You will be broken, O nations; you will be shattered! Pay attention, all you distant lands of the earth! Get ready for battle, and you will be shattered! Get ready for battle, and you will be shattered! Verse ConceptsBattlesVoicesBattle Cries

So Joab's men came and laid siege against him in Abel of Beth Maacah. They prepared a siege ramp outside the city which stood against its outer rampart. As all of Joab's soldiers were trying to break through the wall so that it would collapse, Verse ConceptsBattering ramsSiegesWallsSiege MoundsPeople Attacking Their Own

Lay siege to it! Build siege works against it. Erect a siege ramp against it! Post soldiers outside it and station battering rams around it. Verse ConceptsBuild, LiterallyBattering ramsFortsAttacks On Jerusalem Foretold

Ehud made himself a sword -- it had two edges and was eighteen inches long. He strapped it under his coat on his right thigh. Verse ConceptsThighsTwo SidedDimensions Of Other ThingsOther Right Parts

Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and drove it into Eglon's belly. The handle went in after the blade, and the fat closed around the blade, for Ehud did not pull the sword out of his belly.

That day the Benjaminites mustered from their cities twenty-six thousand sword-wielding soldiers, besides seven hundred well-trained soldiers from Gibeah. Verse ConceptsSeven To Nine HundredTwenty Thousand And Up

They do not lie with the fallen warriors of ancient times, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, having their swords placed under their heads and their shields on their bones, when the terror of these warriors was in the land of the living. Verse ConceptsIniquity, Punishment ForHell, Punishment OfWeaponsFearing Other PeopleLife And DeathState Of The Dead

If he flees from an iron weapon, then an arrow from a bronze bow pierces him. Verse ConceptsArrows, Described AsIronSteel

He had a bronze helmet on his head and was wearing scale body armor. The weight of his bronze body armor was five thousand shekels. He had bronze shin guards on his legs, and a bronze javelin was slung over his shoulders.

Abner said to him, "Turn aside to your right or to your left. Capture one of the soldiers and take his equipment for yourself!" But Asahel was not willing to turn aside from following him. Verse ConceptsPlunderingNot Turning AsideChanging Direction

But when a stronger man attacks and conquers him, he takes away the first man's armor on which the man relied and divides up his plunder. Verse ConceptsVictory, Over Spiritual ForcesGod Shows Loving KindnessLimitations Of StrengthStrong PeopleTying UpDividing The SpoilOvercoming

May they praise God while they hold a two-edged sword in their hand, Verse ConceptsPraiseTwo SidedPraise The Lord!Weapons Of The BelieverPraising God With Your Mouth

but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. Verse ConceptsSharpnessTwo SidedBitterness

In Jerusalem he made war machines carefully designed to shoot arrows and large stones from the towers and corners of the walls. He became very famous, for he received tremendous support and became powerful. Verse ConceptsFameIntelligenceStonesInventionsArrowsSports

Hezekiah energetically rebuilt every broken wall. He erected towers and an outer wall, and fortified the terrace of the City of David. He made many weapons and shields. Verse ConceptsArmourShieldsTowersWeaponsArmor ProtectionBuilding Jerusalem's Wallrebuildingreinforcement

Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner can destroy much that is good. Verse ConceptsBenefits Of WisdomWeapons Of The BelieverFamily Conflict

Men of Persia, Lud, and Put were in your army, men of war. They hung shield and helmet on you; they gave you your splendor. The Arvadites joined your army on your walls all around, and the Gammadites were in your towers. They hung their quivers on your walls all around; they perfected your beauty.

"'Then those who live in the cities of Israel will go out and use the weapons for kindling -- the shields, bows and arrows, war clubs and spears -- they will burn them for seven years. They will not need to take wood from the field or cut down trees from the forests, because they will make fires with the weapons. They will take the loot from those who looted them and seize the plunder of those who plundered them, declares the sovereign Lord.

David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, and he put Goliath's weapons in his tent. Verse ConceptsTentsSkullsMemorabiliaWeed

David strapped on his sword over his fighting attire and tried to walk around, but he was not used to them. David said to Saul, "I can't walk in these things, for I'm not used to them." So David removed them. Verse ConceptsUnable To Do Other Thingsarmor

David said to Ahimelech, "Is there no sword or spear here at your disposal? I don't have my own sword or equipment in hand due to the urgency of the king's instructions." Verse ConceptsUrgencyWeaponsHasteHasty Action

How the warriors have fallen! The weapons of war are destroyed! Verse ConceptsWeaponsPeople StumblingDrawbacks To Man's PowerWarheroes

Now an archer shot an arrow at random, and it struck the king of Israel between the plates of his armor. The king ordered his charioteer, "Turn around and take me from the battle line, because I'm wounded." Verse ConceptsBreastplatesBow And Arrows, Uses OfArmourDeath Of The Wicked, Examples OfArchers, Men Shot ByChancearmorlungs

While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived. With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and elders of the people. Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalChief priestsCrowdsLargenessWhile Still SpeakingTwelve DisciplesClubsThe Chief Priests Condemning Christ

He had bronze shin guards on his legs, and a bronze javelin was slung over his shoulders. Verse ConceptsBackLegsArmor ProtectionJavelinsBronze Armour

He had bronze shin guards on his legs, and a bronze javelin was slung over his shoulders. Verse ConceptsBackLegsArmor ProtectionJavelinsBronze Armour

Year after year visitors brought their gifts, which included items of silver, items of gold, clothes, perfume, spices, horses, and mules. Verse ConceptsMulesGiftsHerbs And SpicesRobesUnceasingAlways Being ActivePeople Giving ClothesAcquiring Horses

Arrange the table, lay out the carpet, eat and drink! Get up, you officers, smear oil on the shields! Verse ConceptsAnointing With OilOfficersShieldsTablesAnointing ThingsEating And Drinking

He prepares to use deadly weapons against him; he gets ready to shoot flaming arrows. Verse ConceptsArrows, Described AsGod's ArrowsWeapons Of GodArrowsinstruments

But when a stronger man attacks and conquers him, he takes away the first man's armor on which the man relied and divides up his plunder. Verse ConceptsVictory, Over Spiritual ForcesGod Shows Loving KindnessLimitations Of StrengthStrong PeopleTying UpDividing The SpoilOvercoming

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