Thematic Bible: The Bow


Thematic Bible



On that day I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.”

“Thus says the Lord of hosts,
‘Behold, I am going to break the bow of Elam,
The finest of their might.

The bows of the mighty are shattered,
But the feeble gird on strength.

“In that day I will also make a covenant for them
With the beasts of the field,
The birds of the sky
And the creeping things of the ground.
And I will abolish the bow, the sword and war from the land,
And will make them lie down in safety.


They were equipped with bows, using both the right hand and the left to sling stones and to shoot arrows from the bow; they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin.

Now Asa had an army of 300,000 from Judah, bearing large shields and spears, and 280,000 from Benjamin, bearing shields and wielding bows; all of them were valiant warriors.


“From them will come the cornerstone,
From them the tent peg,
From them the bow of battle,
From them every ruler, all of them together.

I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
And the horse from Jerusalem;
And the bow of war will be cut off.
And He will speak peace to the nations;
And His dominion will be from sea to sea,
And from the River to the ends of the earth.


The battle went heavily against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was badly wounded by the archers.

Let not him who bends his bow bend it,
Nor let him rise up in his scale-armor;
So do not spare her young men;
Devote all her army to destruction.


I give you one portion more than your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow.”

People will come there with bows and arrows because all the land will be briars and thorns.


“Then those who inhabit the cities of Israel will go out and make fires with the weapons and burn them, both shields and bucklers, bows and arrows, war clubs and spears, and for seven years they will make fires of them.

Their sword will enter their own heart,
And their bows will be broken.


“He may flee from the iron weapon,
But the bronze bow will pierce him.

He trains my hands for battle,
So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.


For, behold, the wicked bend the bow,
They make ready their arrow upon the string
To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

“They bend their tongue like their bow;
Lies and not truth prevail in the land;
For they proceed from evil to evil,
And they do not know Me,” declares the Lord.


But turned back and acted treacherously like their fathers;
They turned aside like a treacherous bow.

They turn, but not upward,
They are like a deceitful bow;
Their princes will fall by the sword
Because of the insolence of their tongue.
This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.


Moreover, Uzziah prepared for all the army shields, spears, helmets, body armor, bows and sling stones.


The sons of Reuben and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, consisting of valiant men, men who bore shield and sword and shot with bow and were skillful in battle, were 44,760, who went to war.


They were equipped with bows, using both the right hand and the left to sling stones and to shoot arrows from the bow; they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin.


The Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua the sons of Saul. The battle went heavily against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was badly wounded by the archers.


“Thus says the Lord of hosts,
‘Behold, I am going to break the bow of Elam,
The finest of their might.


At the sound of the horseman and bowman every city flees;
They go into the thickets and climb among the rocks;
Every city is forsaken,
And no man dwells in them.


Go up, you horses, and drive madly, you chariots,
That the mighty men may march forward:
Ethiopia and Put, that handle the shield,
And the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.


Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David, with his armor, including his sword and his bow and his belt.


and he told them to teach the sons of Judah the song of the bow; behold, it is written in the book of Jashar.


Now then, please take your gear, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me;


And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength and shot Joram between his arms; and the arrow went through his heart and he sank in his chariot.


I will strike your bow from your left hand and dash down your arrows from your right hand.


‘My glory is ever new with me,
And my bow is renewed in my hand.’


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