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Bow, The

 

Bow, The

An instrument of war - Ge 48:22; Isa 7:24

Sometimes used in hunting - Ge 27:3

For shooting arrows - 1Ch 12:2

Called the battle bow - Zec 9:10; 10:4

THOSE WHO USED, CALLED

• Bowmen
- Jer 4:29
• Archers
- 1Sa 31:3; Jer 51:3

Usually of steel - 2Sa 22:35; Job 20:24

Held in the left hand - Eze 39:3

Drawn with full force - 2Ki 9:24

The Jews taught to use - 2Sa 1:18

USED EXPERTLY BY

• Lydians
- Jer 46:9
• Elamites
- Jer 49:35
• Philistines
- 1Sa 31:2,3
• Sons of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh
- 1Ch 5:18
• Benjamites
- 1Ch 12:2; 2Ch 14:8

Given as a token of friendship - 1Sa 18:4

Often furnished by the state - 2Ch 26:14

Of the vanquished, broken and burned - Ps 37:15; Eze 39:9

ILLUSTRATIVE

• Of strength and power
- Job 29:20
• Of the tongue of the wicked
- Ps 11:2; Jer 9:3
• (When deceitful,) of the hypocrite
- Ps 78:57; Ho 7:16
• (When broken,) of the overthrow of power
- 1Sa 2:4; Jer 49:35; Ho 1:5; 2:18
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