Thematic Bible: The Bow
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the Bow » Illustrative » (when broken,) of the overthrow of power
It will happen in that day that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel."
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Thus says Yahweh of Armies: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
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"The bows of the mighty men are broken. Those who stumbled are armed with strength.
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In that day I will make a covenant for them with the animals of the field, and with the birds of the sky, and with the creeping things of the ground. I will break the bow, the sword, and the battle out of the land, and will make them lie down safely.
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the Bow » Used expertly by » Benjamites
They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow: they were of Saul's brothers of Benjamin.
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Asa had an army that bore bucklers and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bore shields and drew bows, two hundred eighty thousand: all these were mighty men of valor.
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the Bow » Called the battle bow
From him will come forth the cornerstone, from him the nail, from him the battle bow, from him every ruler together.
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I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow 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.
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the Bow » Those who used, called » Archers
The battle went hard against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers.
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Against [him who] bends let the archer bend his bow, and against [him who] lifts himself up in his coat of mail: and don't spare her young men; utterly destroy all her army.
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the Bow » An instrument of war
Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow."
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People will go there with arrows and with bow, because all the land will be briers and thorns.
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the Bow » Of the vanquished, broken and burned
Those who dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall make fires of the weapons and burn them, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the war clubs, and the spears, and they shall make fires of them seven years;
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Their sword shall enter into their own heart. Their bows shall be broken.
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the Bow » Usually of steel
He shall flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow shall strike him through.
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He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of brass.
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the Bow » Illustrative » Of the tongue of the wicked
For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
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They bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don't know me, says Yahweh.
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the Bow » Illustrative » (when deceitful,) of the hypocrite
but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
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They return, but not to the Most High. They are like a faulty bow. Their princes will fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.
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the Bow » Often furnished by the state
Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the army, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging.
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the Bow » Used expertly by » Sons of reuben, gad, and manasseh
The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skillful in war, were forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty, that were able to go forth to war.
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the Bow » For shooting arrows
They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow: they were of Saul's brothers of Benjamin.
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the Bow » Used expertly by » Philistines
The Philistines followed hard on Saul and on his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul. The battle went hard against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers.
the Bow » Used expertly by » Elamites
Thus says Yahweh of Armies: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
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the Bow » Those who used, called » Bowmen
Every city flees for the noise of the horsemen and archers; they go into the thickets, and climb up on the rocks: every city is forsaken, and not a man dwells therein.
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the Bow » Used expertly by » Lydians
Go up, you horses; and rage, you chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, who handle the shield; and the Ludim, who handle and bend the bow.
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the Bow » Given as a token of friendship
Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him, and gave it to David, and his clothing, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his sash.
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the Bow » The jews taught to use
(and he commanded them to teach the children of Judah [the song of] the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jashar):
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the Bow » Sometimes used in hunting
Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison.
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the Bow » Drawn with full force
Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and struck Joram between his arms; and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
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the Bow » Held in the left hand
and I will strike your bow out of your left hand, and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand.
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the Bow » Illustrative » Of strength and power
My glory is fresh in me. My bow is renewed in my hand.'
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