Thematic Bible: Military Arms
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military Arms » Illustrative of » Spiritual armor
But let us, since we belong to the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and, for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
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The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let's therefore throw off the works of darkness, and let's put on the armor of light.
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in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
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Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world's rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore, put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand. read more.
Stand therefore, having the utility belt of truth buckled around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
Stand therefore, having the utility belt of truth buckled around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
military Arms » Defensive: » Helmet
Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the army, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging.
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Saul dressed David with his clothing. He put a helmet of brass on his head, and he clad him with a coat of mail.
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He had a helmet of brass on his head, and he was clad with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
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military Arms » Before using » Burnished
Harness the horses, and get up, you horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail.
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Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says Yahweh: Say, A sword, a sword, it is sharpened, and also furbished; it is sharpened that it may make a slaughter; it is furbished that it may be as lightning: shall we then make mirth? the rod of my son, it condemns every tree. It is given to be furbished, that it may be handled: the sword, it is sharpened, yes, it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the killer.
You, son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach; and say, A sword, a sword is drawn, for the slaughter it is furbished, to cause it to devour, that it may be as lightning;
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military Arms » Part of, borne by armor-bearers
David came to Saul, and stood before him. He loved him greatly; and he became his armor bearer.
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Then he called hastily to the young man his armor bearer, and said to him, "Draw your sword, and kill me, that men not say of me, 'A woman killed him.' His young man thrust him through, and he died."
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Now it fell on a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who bore his armor, "Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side." But he didn't tell his father.
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military Arms » Were provided » By individuals themselves
Of Zebulun, such as were able to go out in the army, who could set the battle in array, with all kinds of instruments of war, fifty thousand, and who could order [the battle array, and were] not of double heart.
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On the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, with all kinds of instruments of war for the battle, one hundred twenty thousand.
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military Arms » Were provided » From the public arsenals
Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the army, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging.
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In every city [he put] shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
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military Arms » Offensive: » Called instruments of war
Of Zebulun, such as were able to go out in the army, who could set the battle in array, with all kinds of instruments of war, fifty thousand, and who could order [the battle array, and were] not of double heart.
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On the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, with all kinds of instruments of war for the battle, one hundred twenty thousand.
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military Arms » Illustrative of » Spiritual weapons
for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,
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And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;
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military Arms » For sieges: » Armories built for
Hezekiah listened to them, and showed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious oil, and the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah didn't show them.
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Your neck is like David's tower built for an armory, whereon a thousand shields hang, all the shields of the mighty men.
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military Arms » Offensive: » Dart or javelin
It happened on the next day, that an evil spirit from God came mightily on Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house. David played with his hand, as he did day by day. Saul had his spear in his hand; and Saul threw the spear; for he said, "I will pin David even to the wall!" David escaped from his presence twice.
Then Joab said, "I'm not going to wait like this with you." 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.
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military Arms » Defensive: » Buckler
The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skillful in war, were forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty, that were able to go forth to war.
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He shall kill your daughters in the field with the sword; and he shall make forts against you, and cast up a mound against you, and raise up the buckler against you.
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military Arms » Defensive: » Shield
King Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred [shekels] of gold went to one buckler.
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and he took away the treasures of the house of Yahweh, 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. King Rehoboam made in their place shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house.
military Arms » Defensive: » Coat of mail, breastplate, habergeon, or brigandine
Saul dressed David with his clothing. He put a helmet of brass on his head, and he clad him with a coat of mail.
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He had a helmet of brass on his head, and he was clad with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
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military Arms » Offensive: » Spear or lance
They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roars like the sea; and they ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Babylon.
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So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lay around him.
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military Arms » Defensive: » Girdle
Joab said to the man who told him, "Behold, you saw it, and why didn't you strike him there to the ground? I would have given you ten pieces of silver, and a sash."
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Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him, and gave it to David, and his clothing, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his sash.
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military Arms » Of conquered nations taken away to prevent rebellion
They chose new gods. Then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
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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 plowshare, mattock, axe, and sickle; yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the plowshares, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to set 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 who were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.
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 who were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.
military Arms » Offensive: » Bow and arrows
Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow."
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A certain man drew his bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor. Therefore he said to the driver of his chariot, "Turn your hand, and carry me out of the battle; for I am severely wounded."
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military Arms » Offensive: » Battle-axe
He shall set his battering engines against your walls, and with his axes he shall break down your towers.
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You are my battle axe and weapons of war: and with you will I break in pieces the nations; and with you will I destroy kingdoms;
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military Arms » Offensive: » Sling
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine, and killed him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
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They beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land they cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the springs of water, and felled all the good trees, until in Kir Hareseth [only] they left its stones; however the men armed with slings went about it, and struck it.
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military Arms » Illustrative of » Judgments of God
They come from a far country, from the uttermost part of heaven, even Yahweh, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
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Yahweh has opened his armory, and has brought forth the weapons of his indignation; for the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, has a work [to do] in the land of the Chaldeans.
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military Arms » For sieges: » Put on at the first alarm
Prepare the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle! Harness the horses, and get up, you horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail.
Make an uproar, you peoples, and be broken in pieces! Listen, all you from far countries: dress for battle, and be shattered! Dress for battle, and be shattered!
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military Arms » For sieges: » Battering rams
They came and besieged him in Abel of Beth Maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart; and all the people who were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
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and lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast up a mound against it; set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it all around.
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military Arms » Offensive: » Dagger
Ehud made him a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he wore it under his clothing on his right thigh.
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Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body: and the handle also went in after the blade; and the fat closed on the blade, for he didn't draw the sword out of his body; and it came out behind.
military Arms » Offensive: » Sword
The children of Benjamin were numbered on that day out of the cities twenty-six thousand men who drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
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They shall not lie with the mighty who are fallen of the uncircumcised, who are gone down to Sheol with their weapons of war, and have laid their swords under their heads, and their iniquities are on their bones; for [they were] the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
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military Arms » Made of iron, steel, or brass
He shall flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow shall strike him through.
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He had a helmet of brass on his head, and he was clad with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. He had brass shin armor on his legs, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders.
military Arms » Of the vanquished » Taken off them
Abner said to him, "Turn aside to your right hand or to your left, and grab one of the young men, and take his armor." But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.
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But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him, he takes from him his whole armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoils.
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military Arms » Offensive: » Two-edged sword
May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hand;
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But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.
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military Arms » For sieges: » Engines for casting stones, &c
He made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and on the battlements, with which to shoot arrows and great stones. His name spread far abroad; for he was marvelously helped, until he was strong.
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military Arms » For sieges: » Great stores of, prepared
He took courage, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised [it] up to the towers, and the other wall outside, and strengthened Millo [in] the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.
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military Arms » Inferior to wisdom
Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much good.
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military Arms » Hung of the walls of cities
Persia and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in you; they set forth your comeliness. The men of Arvad with your army were on your walls all around, and valorous men were in your towers; they hanged their shields on your walls all around; they have perfected your beauty.
military Arms » Of the vanquished » Sometime burned
Those who dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall make fires of the weapons and burn them, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the war clubs, and the spears, and they shall make fires of them seven years; so that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall make fires of the weapons; and they shall plunder those who plundered them, and rob those who robbed them, says the Lord Yahweh.
military Arms » Of the vanquished » Sometimes kept as trophies
David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent.
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military Arms » Before using » Tried and proved
David strapped his sword on his clothing, and he tried to move; for he had not tested it. David said to Saul, "I can't go with these; for I have not tested them." David took them off.
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military Arms » For sieges: » Not worn in ordinary times
David said to Ahimelech, "Isn't there here under your hand spear or sword? For I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste."
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military Arms » Offensive: » Called weapons of war
How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!"
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military Arms » Defensive: » Called harness
A certain man drew his bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor. Therefore he said to the driver of his chariot, "Turn your hand, and carry me out of the battle; for I am severely wounded."
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military Arms » Offensive: » Handstaff
While he was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priest and elders of the people.
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military Arms » Defensive: » Greaves
He had brass shin armor on his legs, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders.
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military Arms » Defensive: » Target
He had brass shin armor on his legs, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders.
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military Arms » Often given as presents
They brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and clothing, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
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military Arms » Before using » Anointed
They prepare the table. They set the watch. They eat. They drink. Rise up, you princes, oil the shield!
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military Arms » Offensive: » Called instruments of death
He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows.
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military Arms » Defensive: » Called armor
But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him, he takes from him his whole armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoils.
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