'Shield' in the Bible

After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying,“Do not fear, Abram,I am a shield to you;Your reward shall be very great.”

“Blessed are you, O Israel;Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord,Who is the shield of your helpAnd the sword of your majesty!So your enemies will cringe before you,And you will tread upon their high places.”

“New gods were chosen;Then war was in the gates.Not a shield or a spear was seenAmong forty thousand in Israel.

“O mountains of Gilboa,Let not dew or rain be on you, nor fields of offerings;For there the shield of the mighty was defiled,The shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.

My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge;My savior, You save me from violence.

“As for God, His way is blameless;The word of the Lord is tested;He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

“You have also given me the shield of Your salvation,And Your help makes me great.

King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold, using 600 shekels of gold on each large shield.

He made 300 shields of beaten gold, using three minas of gold on each shield, and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

‘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.

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.

From the Gadites there came over to David in the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, who could handle shield and spear, and whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the gazelles on the mountains.

The sons of Judah who bore shield and spear were 6,800, equipped for war.

Of Naphtali there were 1,000 captains, and with them 37,000 with shield and spear.

King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold, using 600 shekels of beaten gold on each large shield.

He made 300 shields of beaten gold, using three hundred shekels of gold on each shield, and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

and of Benjamin, Eliada a valiant warrior, and with him 200,000 armed with bow and shield;

Moreover, Amaziah assembled Judah and appointed them according to their fathers’ households under commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds throughout Judah and Benjamin; and he took a census of those from twenty years old and upward and found them to be 300,000 choice men, able to go to war and handle spear and shield.

“He rushes headlong at HimWith his massive shield.

But You, O Lord, are a shield about me,My glory, and the One who lifts my head.

For it is You who blesses the righteous man, O Lord,You surround him with favor as with a shield.

My shield is with God,Who saves the upright in heart.

The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

As for God, His way is blameless;The word of the Lord is tried;He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

You have also given me the shield of Your salvation,And Your right hand upholds me;And Your gentleness makes me great.

The Lord is my strength and my shield;My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped;Therefore my heart exults,And with my song I shall thank Him.

Our soul waits for the Lord;He is our help and our shield.

Take hold of buckler and shieldAnd rise up for my help.

Do not slay them, or my people will forget;Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down,O Lord, our shield.

There He broke the flaming arrows,The shield and the sword and the weapons of war. Selah.

Behold our shield, O God,And look upon the face of Your anointed.

For the Lord God is a sun and shield;The Lord gives grace and glory;No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

For our shield belongs to the Lord,And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

He will cover you with His pinions,And under His wings you may seek refuge;His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark.

O Israel, trust in the Lord;He is their help and their shield.

O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord;He is their help and their shield.

You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord;He is their help and their shield.

You are my hiding place and my shield;I wait for Your word.

My lovingkindness and my fortress,My stronghold and my deliverer,My shield and He in whom I take refuge,Who subdues my people under me.

He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,

Every word of God is tested;He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.

Elam took up the quiverWith the chariots, infantry and horsemen;And Kir uncovered the shield.

“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.

“Line up the shield and buckler,And draw near for the battle!

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.

They will come against you with weapons, chariots and wagons, and with a company of peoples. They will set themselves against you on every side with buckler and shield and helmet; and I will commit the judgment to them, and they will judge you according to their customs.

He will slay your daughters on the mainland with the sword; and he will make siege walls against you, cast up a ramp against you and raise up a large shield against you.

“Persia and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war. They hung shield and helmet in you; they set forth your splendor.

I will turn you about and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them splendidly attired, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them wielding swords;

Persia, Ethiopia and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet;

in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.