7 occurrences

'Axes' in the Bible

The fee [for sharpening] was a pim (two-thirds of a shekel) for the plowshares, the picks, the pitchforks, and the axes, and to straighten the goads (cattle prods).

Verse ConceptsGoadsCoinageAxesForks

He also brought out the people who were there, and put them to [work with] the saws and sharp iron instruments and iron axes, and made them work at the brickkiln. And he did this to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the men returned to Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsAxesIronToolsCaptivesClay, UsesHorrors Of WarSawsFurnacesIron ObjectsForced Labour

He brought out the people who were in it, and put them [to work] with saws, iron picks, and axes. David dealt in this way with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsAxesIronToolsHorrors Of War

In the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, Simeon, and as far as Naphtali, in their surrounding ruins,

It seems as if one had lifted upAn axe in a forest of trees [to set a record of destruction].

Verse ConceptsAxesFelling Trees

“The sound [of Egypt fleeing from the enemy] is like [the rustling of] an escaping serpent,For her foes advance with a mighty armyAnd come against her like woodcutters with axes.

Verse ConceptsFugitivesAxesSnakesFelling TreesThings Like SnakesSound

He will direct the [shocking] blow of his battering rams against your walls, and he will tear down your towers with his crowbars.

Verse ConceptsAxesBattering ramsTowers

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