Thematic Bible: The Bow
Thematic Bible
the Bow » Illustrative » (when broken,) of the overthrow of power
Thus said Jehovah of armies, Behold me breaking the bow of Elam the beginning of their strength.
And I cut out for them a covenant in that day with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of the heavens, and the creeping things of the earth: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the land, and I caused them to lie down confidently.
the Bow » Used expertly by » Benjamites
Bending the bows from the right hands and from the left with stones and with arrows, with the bow from Saul's brethren of Benjamin:
And there will be to Asa an army lifting up the shield and spear, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and from Benjamin lifting up the shield and bending the bow, two hundred and eighty thousand: all these strong of power.
the Bow » Called the battle bow
From him the chief, from him the nail, from him the bow of war, from him came forth every tyrant together.
And I cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war was cut off: and he spake peace to the nations: and his dominion from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the end of the earth.
the Bow » Those who used, called » Archers
And the war will be heavy to Saul, and the archers, men with the bow, will find him; and he will be greatly wounded from the archers.
Against him bending shall he bending, bend the bow, and against him going up in his coat of mail: and ye shall not spare to her young men; exterminate all her army.
the Bow » An instrument of war
And I gave to thee one shoulder over thy brethren, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
With arrows and with bows shall he come there: for sharp points and thorns shall be all the land.
the Bow » Of the vanquished, broken and burned
And they dwelling in the cities of Israel went forth and kindled and set on fire with the weapons and the shield and the buckler, with the bow and with the arrows, and with the rods of the hand and with the spear, and they burnt a fire with them seven years:
the Bow » Usually of steel
the Bow » Illustrative » Of the tongue of the wicked
For behold, the unjust will bend the bow, they prepared their arrow upon the cord, they will shoot in darkness the upright of heart
And they will bend their tongue, their bow, a lie: and they were not strong for faithfulness upon the land; for from evil to evil they went forth, and they knew me not, says Jehovah.
the Bow » Illustrative » (when deceitful,) of the hypocrite
And they will draw back, and they will transgress as their fathers: they were turned as a bow of deceit
They will turn back not to the Highest: they were as a bow of deceit: their chiefs shall fall by the sword from the wrath of their tongue: this their derision in the land of Egypt
the Bow » Often furnished by the state
And Uzziah will prepare for them for all the army shields and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and for stones of slings.
the Bow » Used expertly by » Sons of reuben, gad, and manasseh
The sons of Reuben and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh from the sons of strength, men lifting up shield and sword, and bending the bow, and accustomed to war; forty and four thousand and seven hundred and sixty going forth to war.
the Bow » For shooting arrows
Bending the bows from the right hands and from the left with stones and with arrows, with the bow from Saul's brethren of Benjamin:
the Bow » Used expertly by » Philistines
And the rovers will stick fast to Saul and his sons; and the rovers will strike Jonathan and Abinadab and Melchisua, Saul's sons. And the war will be heavy to Saul, and the archers, men with the bow, will find him; and he will be greatly wounded from the archers.
the Bow » Used expertly by » Elamites
Thus said Jehovah of armies, Behold me breaking the bow of Elam the beginning of their strength.
the Bow » Those who used, called » Bowmen
From the voice of the horseman and the throwing of the bowman all the city fled; they went into thickets, and they went up upon rocks: every city was forsaken, and not a man dwelling in them.
the Bow » Used expertly by » Lydians
Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and the strong ones shall come forth: Cush and Phut seizing the shield; and the Ludims, bending the bow.
the Bow » Given as a token of friendship
And Jonathan will strip off the upper garment which is upon him and will give it to David, and his garments, and even to his sword, and even to his bow, and even to his girdle.
the Bow » The jews taught to use
(And he will say to teach the sons of Judah the bow: it was written upon the book of Jasher.)
the Bow » Sometimes used in hunting
Therefore take now, thy weapon, thy quiver and thy bow, and go forth to the field and hunt for me a hunting.
the Bow » Drawn with full force
And Jehu filled his hand with a bow, and he will strike Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow will go forth from his heart, and he will bow down in his chariot
the Bow » Held in the left hand
And I struck thy bow out of thy left hand, and thine arrows will I cause to fall from thy right hand.
the Bow » Illustrative » Of strength and power
My glory new with me, and my bow will be changed in my hand.