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Arms, Military

Made of iron, steel, or brass - Job 20:24; 1Sa 17:5,6

OFFENSIVE

• Sword
- Jud 20:15; Eze 32:27
• Two-edged sword
- Ps 149:6; Pr 5:4
• Dagger
- Jud 3:16,21,22
• Dart or javelin
- 1Sa 18:10,11; 2Sa 18:14
• Spear or lance
- 1Sa 26:7; Jer 50:42
• Battle-axe
- Eze 26:9; Jer 51:20
• Bow and arrows
- Ge 48:22; 1Ki 22:34
• Sling
- 1Sa 17:50; 2Ki 3:25
• Hand staff
- Mt 26:47
• Called weapons of war
- 2Sa 1:27
• Called instruments of war
- 1Ch 12:33,37
• Called instruments of death
- Ps 7:13

DEFENSIVE

• Helmet
- 1Sa 17:5,38; 2Ch 26:14
• Coat of mail, breastplate, habergeon, or brigandine
- 1Sa 17:5,38; Ex 28:32; Jer 46:4; Re 9:9
• Girdle
- 1Sa 18:4; 2Sa 18:11
• Target
- 1Sa 17:6
• Greaves
- 1Sa 17:6
• Shield
- 1Ki 10:16,17; 14:26,27
• Buckler
- 1Ch 5:18; Eze 26:8
• Called harness
- 1Ki 22:34
• Called armour
- Lu 11:22

FOR SIEGES

• Battering Rams
- 2Sa 20:15; Eze 4:2
• Engines for casting stones, &c
- 2Ch 26:15

Not worn in ordinary times - 1Sa 21:8

Put on at the first alarm - Isa 8:9; Jer 46:3,4

Armouries built for - 2Ki 20:13; So 4:4

Great stores of, prepared - 2Ch 32:5

WERE PROVIDED

• By individuals themselves
- 1Ch 12:33,37
• From the public arsenals
- 2Ch 11:12; 26:14

Often given as presents - 1Ki 10:25

BEFORE USING

• Tried and proved
- 1Sa 17:39
• Burnished
- Jer 46:4; Eze 21:9-11,28
• Anointed
- Isa 21:5

Part of, borne by armour-bearers - Jud 9:54; 1Sa 14:1; 16:21

Hung of the walls of cities - Eze 27:10,11

OF THE VANQUISHED

• Taken off them
- 2Sa 2:21; Lu 11:22
• Sometimes kept as trophies
- 1Sa 17:54
• Sometime burned
- Eze 39:9,10

Of conquered nations taken away to prevent rebellion - Jud 5:8; 1Sa 13:19-22

Inferior to wisdom - Ec 9:18

ILLUSTRATIVE OF

• Spiritual armour
- Ro 13:12; 2Co 6:7; Eph 6:11-14; 1Th 5:8
• Spiritual weapons
- 2Co 10:4; Eph 6:17
• Judgments of God
- Isa 13:5; Jer 50:25
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