Thematic Bible: The Bow
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the Bow » Illustrative » (when broken,) of the overthrow of power
Then will I break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel."
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"Thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, and take away their strength;
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The bows of the strong are broken: and the weak are endued with strength.
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Then will I make a covenant with them, with the wild beasts, with the fowls of the air, and with everything that creepeth upon the earth. As for bow, sword and battle, I will destroy such out of the land, and will make them to sleep safely.
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the Bow » Used expertly by » Benjamites
weaponed with bows, and could handle stones, arrows and bow as well with the left hand as with the right, and were of Saul's brethren, even of the tribe of Benjamin.
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And Asa had an army that bare shield and spear, out of Judah three hundred thousand, and out of Benjamin that bare shield and drew bows two hundred and eighty thousand, and were all strong men.
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the Bow » Called the battle bow
Out of Judah shall come the helmet, the nail, the battle bow, and all the princes together.
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I will root out the chariots from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, the battle bows shall be destroyed. He shall give the doctrine of peace unto the Heathen, and his dominion shall be from the one sea to the other, and from the floods to the ends of the world.
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the Bow » Those who used, called » Archers
And the battle went sore against Saul, insomuch that shooters with bows had found him, and he was sore wounded of the shooters.
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Moreover, the LORD hath said unto the bowmen, and to them that climb over the walls in breastplates: He shall not spare her young men; kill down all her host.
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the Bow » An instrument of war
Moreover, I give unto thee a portion of land above thy brethren which I gat out of the hands of the Amorites with my sword and with my bow."
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Like as they shall come into the land with arrows and bows, so shall all the land become briers and thorns.
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the Bow » Of the vanquished, broken and burned
They that dwell in the cities of Israel, shall go forth and set fire upon the weapons, and burn them: shields and spears, bows and arrows, bills and clubs:
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Their sword shall go through their own heart, and their bow shall be broken.
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the Bow » Usually of steel
so that if he flee the iron weapons, he shall be shot with the steel bow.
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And teacheth my hands to fight, that a bow of brass is too weak for mine arms.
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the Bow » Illustrative » Of the tongue of the wicked
For lo, the ungodly bend their bow, and make ready their arrows within the quiver, that they may privily shoot at them which are true of heart.
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They bend their tongues like bows, to shoot out lies: As for the truth, they may nothing away with all in the world. For they go from one wickedness to another, and hold nothing of me, sayeth the LORD.
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the Bow » Illustrative » (when deceitful,) of the hypocrite
But turned their backs, and fell away like their forefathers, starting aside like a broken bow.
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They turn themselves, but not aright, and are become as a broken bow. Their princes shall be slain with the sword for the malice of their tongues, such blasphemies have they learned in the land of Egypt.
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the Bow » Often furnished by the state
And Uzziah provided them, throughout all the host, shields, spears, helmets, habergeons, bows and slings for stones.
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the Bow » Used expertly by » Sons of reuben, gad, and manasseh
The sons of Reuben of Gad and of half the tribe of Manasseh, even of fighting men able to bear shield and sword, and shoot with bow, and taught to make war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and three score that went out to battle.
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the Bow » For shooting arrows
weaponed with bows, and could handle stones, arrows and bow as well with the left hand as with the right, and were of Saul's brethren, even of the tribe of Benjamin.
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the Bow » Used expertly by » Philistines
And the Philistines followed after Saul and his sons, and slew Jonathan, Abinadab and Malchishua, Saul's sons. And the battle went sore against Saul, insomuch that shooters with bows had found him, and he was sore wounded of the shooters.
the Bow » Used expertly by » Elamites
"Thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, and take away their strength;
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the Bow » Those who used, called » Bowmen
The whole land shall flee, for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen: they shall run into dens, into woods, and climb up the stony rocks. All the cities shall be void, and no man dwelling therein.
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the Bow » Used expertly by » Lydians
Get you to horseback, roll forth the Chariots, come forth ye worthies: ye Ethiopians, ye Libyans with your bucklers, ye Libyans with your bows:
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the Bow » Given as a token of friendship
And Jonathan put off his own coat that was upon him, and gave it David, and thereto his mantle, his sword, his bow and his girdle.
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the Bow » The jews taught to use
and bade to teach the children of Israel the staves thereof. And behold, it is written in the book of the righteous:
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the Bow » Sometimes used in hunting
Now therefore take thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and get thee to the fields, and take me some venison,
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the Bow » Drawn with full force
And Jehu took a bow in his hand and smote Jehoram between the shoulders, that the arrow came out at his breast. And he fell down three fold in his chariot.
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the Bow » Held in the left hand
As for thy bow, I will smite it out of thy left hand, and cast thine arrows out of thy righthand.
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the Bow » Illustrative » Of strength and power
My honor increased more and more, and my bow was ever the stronger in my hand.
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