Thematic Bible: The Bow
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the Bow » Illustrative » (when broken,) of the overthrow of power
And it shall come to pass, in that day, that I will break the bow of Israel, in the vale of Jezreel.
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Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Behold me! breaking the bow of Elam, - The beginning of their might;
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The bow of the mighty, is dismayed, - While, the fainting, are girded with strength;
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And I will solemnize to them a covenant, in that day, with the wild-beast of the field, and with the bird of the heavens, and the creeping thing of the ground, - and, bow and sword and battle, will I break in pieces out of the land, so will I cause them to lie down, in security.
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the Bow » Used expertly by » Benjamites
armed with the bow, using right hand or left with stones, and with arrows in the bow, - of the brethren of Saul, out of Benjamin:
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And it came to pass that, Asa, had a force bearing shield and spear, out of Judah, three hundred thousand, and, out of Benjamin, such as bare a buckler and trode a bow, two hundred and eighty thousand, - all these, were heroes of valour.
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the Bow » Called the battle bow
From him, the commander, from him, the supporter, from him, the war-bow, - from him, shall proceed every one that driveth on, together;
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So will he cut off the chariot out of Ephraim, and the horse out of Jerusalem, and the war-bow, shall be cut off, So shall he speak peace to the nations, and, his dominion, shall be from sea to sea, and from the river Euphrates to the ends of the earth.
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the Bow » Those who used, called » Archers
And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers discovered him, - and he was terrified at the archers.
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Let not the archer tread his bow, Nor lift himself up in his coat of mail, - And do not spare her young men, Devote to destruction all her host.
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the Bow » An instrument of war
But, I, have given to thee one mountain-track above thy brethren, - which I took out of the hand of the Amorite, with my sword and with my bow.
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With arrows and with a bow, shall one come in thither, - for briars and thorns, shall be all the land.
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the Bow » Of the vanquished, broken and burned
Then shall go forth the dwellers of the cities of Israel and shall make fires of the weapons and burn them, Both buckler and shield, bow and arrows, and handstaff and spear,- And shall make fires of them. seven years;
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Their sword, shall enter into their own heart, and, their bow, shall be broken.
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the Bow » Usually of steel
He shall flee from the armour of iron, - There shall pierce him, a bow of bronze!
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Teaching my hands, to war, - so that a bow of bronze was bent by mine arms;
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the Bow » Illustrative » Of the tongue of the wicked
For lo! the lawless, bend the bow They have fixed their arrow upon the string, To shoot in the darkness at the upright in heart:
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Who have prepared e their tongue as their bow of falsehood, And, not by faithfulness, have they become mighty in the land, - For from wickedness unto wickedness, have they gone forth, But me, have they not known, Declareth Yahweh.
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the Bow » Illustrative » (when deceitful,) of the hypocrite
But drew back and dealt treacherously, like their fathers, They turned aside, like deceitful bowmen;
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They would return - not to him who is on high! They have become like a deceitful bow, their rulers, shall fall by the sword, for the rage of their tongue, this, shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
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the Bow » Often furnished by the state
And Uzziah prepared for them, for all the host, bucklers and spears and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, - and yea even sling-stones.
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the Bow » Used expertly by » Sons of reuben, gad, and manasseh
the sons of Reuben and Gad, and half tribe of Manasseh, of the sons of valour, men bearing shield and sword and bending the bow, and instructed in war, were forty-four thousand and seven hundred and sixty, ready to go forth in the host.
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the Bow » For shooting arrows
armed with the bow, using right hand or left with stones, and with arrows in the bow, - of the brethren of Saul, out of Benjamin:
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the Bow » Used expertly by » Philistines
And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons, - and the Philistines smote Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchishua, sons of Saul. And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers discovered him, - and he was terrified at the archers.
the Bow » Used expertly by » Elamites
Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Behold me! breaking the bow of Elam, - The beginning of their might;
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the Bow » Those who used, called » Bowmen
At the noise of horseman and archer, The whole city is in flight, They have entered dark thickets, Yea unto the crags, have they gone up, - Every city, is forsaken, There remaineth not in them a man!
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the Bow » Used expertly by » Lydians
Mount the horses, And drive the chariots madly on, So let the heroes, go forth, - Ethiopians and Libyans that grasp the buckler, And Lydians that grasp - that tread - the bow, But, that day, belongeth to My Lord Yahweh of hosts -
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the Bow » Given as a token of friendship
And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe which was upon him, and gave it to David, - and his equipments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
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the Bow » The jews taught to use
and he thought to teach the sons of Judah the song of the Bow, - lo! it is written in the Book of the Upright: -
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the Bow » Sometimes used in hunting
Now, therefore, take I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and catch for me game;
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the Bow » Drawn with full force
And, Jehu, bent his bow, and smote Jehoram, between his arms, - and the arrow came out at his heart, - and he sank down in his chariot.
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the Bow » Held in the left hand
And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand,- And thine arrows - out of thy right hand, win I cause to fall.
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the Bow » Illustrative » Of strength and power
Mine honour, shall be young again with me, and, my bow, in my hand, be renewed.
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