'Swords' in the Bible

“Simeon and Levi are brothers;Their swords are implements of violence.

Now no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, “Otherwise the Hebrews will make swords or spears.”

So they cried with a loud voice and cut themselves according to their custom with swords and lances until the blood gushed out on them.

When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him 700 men who drew swords, to break through to the king of Edom; but they could not.

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.

His speech was smoother than butter,But his heart was war;His words were softer than oil,Yet they were drawn swords.

Behold, they belch forth with their mouth;Swords are in their lips,For, they say, “Who hears?”

There is a kind of man whose teeth are like swordsAnd his jaw teeth like knives,To devour the afflicted from the earthAnd the needy from among men.

And He will judge between the nations,And will render decisions for many peoples;And they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.Nation will not lift up sword against nation,And never again will they learn war.

For they have fled from the swords,From the drawn sword, and from the bent bowAnd from the press of battle.

They will incite a crowd against you and they will stone you and cut you to pieces with their swords.

The company will stone them with stones and cut them down with their swords; they will slay their sons and their daughters and burn their houses with fire.

Therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon you,The most ruthless of the nations.And they will draw their swordsAgainst the beauty of your wisdomAnd defile your splendor.

“He and his people with him,The most ruthless of the nations,Will be brought in to destroy the land;And they will draw their swords against EgyptAnd fill the land with the slain.

By the swords of the mighty ones I will cause your hordes to fall; all of them are tyrants of the nations,And they will devastate the pride of Egypt,And all its hordes will be destroyed.

Nor do they lie beside the fallen heroes of the uncircumcised, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war and whose swords were laid under their heads; but the punishment for their iniquity rested on their bones, though the terror of these heroes was once in the land of the living.

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;

Beat your plowshares into swordsAnd your pruning hooks into spears;Let the weak say, “I am a mighty man.”

And He will judge between many peoplesAnd render decisions for mighty, distant nations.Then they will hammer their swords into plowsharesAnd their spears into pruning hooks;Nation will not lift up sword against nation,And never again will they train for war.

Horsemen charging,Swords flashing, spears gleaming,Many slain, a mass of corpses,And countless dead bodies—They stumble over the dead bodies!

While He was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came up accompanied by a large crowd with swords and clubs, who came from the chief priests and elders of the people.

At that time Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would against a robber? Every day I used to sit in the temple teaching and you did not seize Me.

Immediately while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, *came up accompanied by a crowd with swords and clubs, who were from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

And Jesus said to them, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me, as you would against a robber?

They said, “Lord, look, here are two swords.” And He said to them, “It is enough.”

Then Jesus said to the chief priests and officers of the temple and elders who had come against Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as you would against a robber?