ARMS, MILITARY

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, 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