'Bows' in the Bible

“The bows of the mighty are shattered,But the feeble gird on strength.

They were equipped with bows, using both the right hand and the left to sling stones and to shoot arrows from the bow; they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin.

Now Asa had an army of 300,000 from Judah, bearing large shields and spears, and 280,000 from Benjamin, bearing shields and wielding bows; all of them were valiant warriors.

Moreover, Uzziah prepared for all the army shields, spears, helmets, body armor, bows and sling stones.

then I stationed men in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, the exposed places, and I stationed the people in families with their swords, spears and bows.

From that day on, half of my servants carried on the work while half of them held the spears, the shields, the bows and the breastplates; and the captains were behind the whole house of Judah.

“You alone are the Lord.You have made the heavens,The heaven of heavens with all their host,The earth and all that is on it,The seas and all that is in them.You give life to all of themAnd the heavenly host bows down before You.

He crouches, he bows down,And the unfortunate fall by his mighty ones.

Their sword will enter their own heart,And their bows will be broken.

The sons of Ephraim were archers equipped with bows,Yet they turned back in the day of battle.

Its arrows are sharp and all its bows are bent;The hoofs of its horses seem like flint and its chariot wheels like a whirlwind.

People will come there with bows and arrows because all the land will be briars and thorns.

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.

For the destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon,And her mighty men will be captured,Their bows are shattered;For the Lord is a God of recompense,He will fully repay.

“Then those who inhabit the cities of Israel will go out and make fires with the weapons and burn them, both shields and bucklers, bows and arrows, war clubs and spears, and for seven years they will make fires of them.