12 occurrences

'Arms' in the Bible

Now all Moab, hearing that the kings had come to make war against them, got together all who were able to take up arms and went forward to the edge of the country.

And Elisha said, At this time in the coming year you will have a son in your arms. And she said, No, my lord, O man of God, do not say what is false to your servant.

Verse ConceptsElisha, Prophecies OfBirths ForetoldLyingTime Of Year

And she came in, and went down on her face to the earth at his feet; then she took her son in her arms and went out.

Then Jehu took his bow in his hand, and with all his strength sent an arrow, wounding Joram between the arms; and the arrow came out at his heart, and he went down on his face in his carriage.

Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Uses OfArrows, Described AsHeart, HumanArchers, Men Shot ByKilling KingsOther References To The Heart

Straight away, when you get this letter, seeing that your master's sons are with you, and that you have carriages and horses and a walled town and arms;

Verse ConceptsChariots

So Ahaz sent representatives to Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, saying, I am your servant and your son; come to my help against the kings of Aram and Israel who have taken up arms against me.

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutAliancesInvitationsServanthood, In SocietyAllegiances

And the Lord was with him; he did well in all his undertakings: and he took up arms against the king of Assyria and was his servant no longer.

Verse ConceptsRebellion, Against Human AuthorityGod With Specific PeopleThe Righteous Prosperprospering

For this cause the Lord says about the king of Assyria, He will not come into this town, or send an arrow against it; he will not come before it with arms, or put up an earthwork against it;

Verse ConceptsShieldsArchers, In ArmiesAttacks On Jerusalem Turned Back

And Hezekiah was glad at their coming and let them see all his store of wealth, the silver and the gold and the spices and the oil of great price, and the house of his arms, and everything there was in his stores; there was nothing in all his house or his kingdom which Hezekiah did not let them see.

Verse ConceptsGoldHerbs And SpicesPride, Examples OfPride, OriginArmoryFragranceThings RevealedTaking Mixed Metalscredibility

And all the men of war, seven thousand of them, and a thousand expert workmen and metal-workers, all of them strong and able to take up arms, the king of Babylon took away as prisoners into Babylon.

Verse ConceptsBabylon, Israel Exiled ToCarpentersSeven Thousand

And because of the wrath of the Lord, this came about in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had sent them all away from before him: and Zedekiah took up arms against the king of Babylon.

Verse ConceptsRevoltsDriven From God's Presence

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Branch (67 instances)
Decoration (1 instance)
Fortify (20 instances)
Munition (2 instances)
Warfare (34 instances)
Weapon (32 instances)
Weaponry (4 instances)

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