Thematic Bible: The Bow
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the Bow » Illustrative » (when broken,) of the overthrow of power
And in that day I will let the bow of Israel be broken in the valley of Jezreel.
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This is what the Lord of armies has said: See, I will have the bow of Elam, their chief strength, broken.
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The bows of the men of war are broken, and the feeble are clothed with strength.
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And in that day I will make an agreement for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven and the things which go low on the earth; I will put an end to the bow and the sword and war in all the land, and will make them take their rest in peace.
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the Bow » Used expertly by » Benjamites
They were armed with bows, and were able to send stones, and arrows from the bow, with right hand or left: they were Saul's brothers, of Benjamin.
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And Asa had an army of three hundred thousand men of Judah armed with body-covers and spears, and two hundred and eighty thousand of Benjamin armed with body-covers and bows; all these were men of war.
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the Bow » Called the battle bow
From him will come the keystone, from him the nail, from him the bow of war, from him will come every ruler;
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And he will have the war-carriage cut off from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be cut off: and he will say words of peace to the nations: and his rule will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
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the Bow » Those who used, called » Archers
And the fight was going badly for Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers.
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Against her the bow of the archer is bent, and he puts on his coat of metal: have no mercy on her young men, give all her army up to the curse.
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the Bow » An instrument of war
And I have given you more than your brothers, even Shechem as your heritage, which I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow.
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Men will come there with bows and arrows, because all the land will be full of blackberries and thorns.
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the Bow » Of the vanquished, broken and burned
And those who are living in the towns of Israel will go out and make fires of the instruments of war, burning the body-covers and the breastplates, the bows and the arrows and the sticks and the spears, and for seven years they will make fires of them:
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But their swords will be turned into their hearts, and their bows will be broken.
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the Bow » Usually of steel
He may go in flight from the iron spear, but the arrow from the bow of brass will go through him;
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He makes my hands expert in war, so that a bow of brass is bent by my arms.
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the Bow » Illustrative » Of the tongue of the wicked
See, the bows of the evil-doers are bent, they make ready their arrows on the cord, so that they may send them secretly against the upright in heart.
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Their tongues are bent like a bow to send out false words: they have become strong in the land, but not for good faith: they go on from evil to evil, and they have no knowledge of me, says the Lord.
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the Bow » Illustrative » (when deceitful,) of the hypocrite
Their hearts were turned back and untrue like their fathers; they were turned to one side like a twisted bow.
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They have gone to what is of no value; they are like a false bow; their captains will come to destruction by the sword, and their ruler by my wrath; for this, the land of Egypt will make sport of them.
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the Bow » Often furnished by the state
And Uzziah had all these forces armed with body-covers and spears and head-covers and coats of metal and bows and stones for sending from leather bands.
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the Bow » Used expertly by » Sons of reuben, gad, and manasseh
There were forty-four thousand, seven hundred and sixty of the sons of Reuben and of the Gadites and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, all strong men, expert in the use of the body-cover, the sword, and the bow, and in the art of war, all able to take up arms.
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the Bow » For shooting arrows
They were armed with bows, and were able to send stones, and arrows from the bow, with right hand or left: they were Saul's brothers, of Benjamin.
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the Bow » Used expertly by » Philistines
And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and they put to death Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul. And the fight was going badly for Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers.
the Bow » Used expertly by » Elamites
This is what the Lord of armies has said: See, I will have the bow of Elam, their chief strength, broken.
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the Bow » Those who used, called » Bowmen
All the land is in flight because of the noise of the horsemen and the bowmen; they have taken cover in the woodland and up on the rocks: every town has been given up, not a man is living in them.
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the Bow » Used expertly by » Lydians
Go up, you horses; go rushing on, you carriages of war; go out, you men of war: Cush and Put, gripping the body-cover, and the Ludim, with bent bows.
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the Bow » Given as a token of friendship
And Jonathan took off the robe he had on and gave it to David, with all his military dress, even to his sword and his bow and the band round his body.
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the Bow » The jews taught to use
(It is recorded in the book of Jashar for teaching to the sons of Judah) and he said:
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the Bow » Sometimes used in hunting
So take your arrows and your bow and go out to the field and get meat for me;
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the Bow » Drawn with full force
Then Jehu took his bow in his hand, and with all his strength sent an arrow, wounding Joram between the arms; and the arrow came out at his heart, and he went down on his face in his carriage.
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the Bow » Held in the left hand
And with a blow I will send your bow out of your left hand and your arrows falling from your right hand.
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the Bow » Illustrative » Of strength and power
My glory will be ever new, and my bow will be readily bent in my hand.
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