Thematic Bible: Used in war


Thematic Bible



The battle went heavily against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was badly wounded by the archers. Verse ConceptsBreastplatesArchers, Men Shot By

All your rulers have fled together,
And have been captured without the bow;
All of you who were found were taken captive together,
Though they had fled far away.
Verse ConceptsIsrael Fleeing

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.
Verse ConceptsBreastplatesDisarmamentRopes

Now a certain man drew his bow at random and struck the king of Israel in a joint of the armor. So he said to the driver of his chariot, “Turn around and take me out of the fight; for I am severely wounded.” Verse ConceptsBreastplatesBow And Arrows, Uses OfArmourDeath Of The Wicked, Examples OfArchers, Men Shot ByChancearmorlungs

He has also prepared for Himself deadly weapons;
He makes His arrows fiery shafts.
Verse ConceptsArrows, Described AsGod's ArrowsWeapons Of GodArrowsinstruments

And He sent out arrows, and scattered them,
Lightning, and routed them.
Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfGod's ArrowsScattering The Peoples

‘Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, “He will not come to this city or shoot an arrow there; and he will not come before it with a shield or throw up a siege ramp against it. Verse ConceptsShieldsArchers, In ArmiesAttacks On Jerusalem Turned Back

I will strike your bow from your left hand and dash down your arrows from your right hand. Verse ConceptsImpotence Of SatanEvil For The Right HandArrows

And their bows will mow down the young men,
They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb,
Nor will their eye pity children.
Verse ConceptsMercy, HumanInfanticidePitilessnessPeople Without Mercypity

He has bent His bow like an enemy;
He has set His right hand like an adversary
And slain all that were pleasant to the eye;
In the tent of the daughter of Zion
He has poured out His wrath like fire.
Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Symbol Of StrengthRight Hand Of GodArchers, Likened To GodGod KillingFire Of God's AngerPleasing MenGod As EnemyGod Killed His People


They came out, they and all their armies with them, as many people as the sand that is on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots. Verse ConceptsChariotsHorsesMany CombatantsLargenessSand And GravelLarge Armies

Now the Philistines assembled to fight with Israel, 30,000 chariots and 6,000 horsemen, and people like the sand which is on the seashore in abundance; and they came up and camped in Michmash, east of Beth-aven. Verse ConceptsAn Innumerable NumberFigures Of Speechenemies, of Israel and JudahChariotsAssemblyMany CombatantsSandSoldiersArmies, Against IsraelCavalrySix ThousandThirty Thousand And UpSand And Gravel

The sons of Joseph said, “The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who live in the valley land have chariots of iron, both those who are in Beth-shean and its towns and those who are in the valley of Jezreel.” Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahChariotsValleysIron ObjectsShortage Other Than Food

and he took six hundred select chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over all of them. Verse ConceptsOfficersSix To Seven HundredSix Hundred And Above


Now the Lord was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country; but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley because they had iron chariots. Verse ConceptsChariotsIronWarfare, Examples OfNot Driving Them OutIron ObjectsGod Has Been With YouUnable To Expel

Sisera called together all his chariots, nine hundred iron chariots, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the river Kishon. Verse ConceptsChariotsSeven To Nine HundredIron ObjectsRiver Kishon

But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed 700 charioteers of the Arameans and 40,000 horsemen and struck down Shobach the commander of their army, and he died there. Verse ConceptsSeven To Nine HundredForty Thousand And UpPeoples Who Fled

“Behold, I am against you,” declares the Lord of hosts. “I will burn up her chariots in smoke, a sword will devour your young lions; I will cut off your prey from the land, and no longer will the voice of your messengers be heard.” Verse ConceptsChariotsSmokeCessationDestroying ChariotsKilling Wild AnimalsDeliverance From Lions

All you inhabitants of the world and dwellers on earth,
As soon as a standard is raised on the mountains, you will see it,
And as soon as the trumpet is blown, you will hear it.
Verse ConceptsBanners, Literal UseTrumpetTrumpets For SignallingFlags

Moreover, Uzziah prepared for all the army shields, spears, helmets, body armor, bows and sling stones. Verse ConceptsBreastplatesCoatsArmourHead coveringShieldsSlingsSpearsArchers, In ArmiesArmor ProtectionArmorySports

Thus they destroyed the cities; and each one threw a stone on every piece of good land and filled it. So they stopped all the springs of water and felled all the good trees, until in Kir-hareseth only they left its stones; however, the slingers went about it and struck it. Verse ConceptsSlingsFelling TreesCities Under AttackThrowing StonesPeople Drying Things UpHarming Treescrusades


How long must I see the standard
And hear the sound of the trumpet?
Verse ConceptsTrumpets For BattleFlagsBefore God Acts

Lift up a signal in the land,
Blow a trumpet among the nations!
Consecrate the nations against her,
Summon against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni and Ashkenaz;
Appoint a marshal against her,
Bring up the horses like bristly locusts.
Verse ConceptsCaterpillarsTrumpetTrumpets For BattleFlags

“Flee for safety, O sons of Benjamin,
From the midst of Jerusalem!
Now blow a trumpet in Tekoa
And raise a signal over Beth-haccerem;
For evil looks down from the north,
And a great destruction.
Verse ConceptsSafetyTrumpetBeaconsOut Of The NorthTrumpets For BattleNatural Disasters

My soul, my soul! I am in anguish! Oh, my heart!
My heart is pounding in me;
I cannot be silent,
Because you have heard, O my soul,
The sound of the trumpet,
The alarm of war.
Verse ConceptsAgony, In HeartAgony, God's JudgmentRenewed HeartBowelsTrumpets For BattleOther References To The HeartReady For WarWarTragedyheartbeat

“So I will send fire upon Moab
And it will consume the citadels of Kerioth;
And Moab will die amid tumult,
With war cries and the sound of a trumpet.
Verse ConceptsFortressesTrumpetDestruction Of StrongholdsFire Of JudgementBattle CriesTrumpets For BattleDisorder Among The NationsDeath Of Other Groups

If a trumpet is blown in a city will not the people tremble?
If a calamity occurs in a city has not the Lord done it?
Verse ConceptsTrumpetCalamityGod Appointed AfflictionsTremblingTrumpets For SignallingGod Can Harm PeopleWisdomNatural Disasters

“And I set watchmen over you, saying,
‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’
But they said, ‘We will not listen.’
Verse ConceptsWatchmanTrumpets For SignallingPay Attention To God!

For if the bugle produces an indistinct sound, who will prepare himself for battle? Verse ConceptsTrumpetAmbiguityTrumpets For BattleReady For WarPreparationWarSpiritual WarfareBattleuncertainty

"With shaking and rage he races over the ground, And he does not stand still at the voice of the trumpet. "As often as the trumpet sounds he says, 'Aha!' And he scents the battle from afar, And the thunder of the captains and the war cry.

saying, “No, but we will go to the land of Egypt, where we will not see war or hear the sound of a trumpet or hunger for bread, and we will stay there”; Verse ConceptsTrumpetTrumpets For BattleNo More FamineNo War

‘They have blown the trumpet and made everything ready, but no one is going to the battle, for My wrath is against all their multitude. Verse ConceptsTrumpetDesertionTrumpets For BattlePreparing For ActionNo War

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A day of trumpet and battle cry
Against the fortified cities
And the high corner towers.
Verse ConceptsFortificationsBattlementsTrumpets For Battle