ARMS
ARMS, MILITARY
- Made of iron, steel, or brass # Job 20:24 1Sa 17:5,6
- OFFENSIVE 2a) Sword
# Jud 20:15 Eze 32:27
2b) Two-edged sword # Ps 149:6 Pr 5:4 2c) Dagger # Jud 3:16,21,22 2d) Dart or javelin # 1Sa 18:10,11 2Sa 18:14 2e) Spear or lance # 1Sa 26:7 Jer 50:42 2f) Battle-axe # Eze 26:9 Jer 51:20 2g) Bow and arrows # Ge 48:22 1Ki 22:34 2h) Sling # 1Sa 17:50 2Ki 3:25 2i) Hand staff # Mt 26:47 2j) Called weapons of war # 2Sa 1:27 2k) Called instruments of war # 1Ch 12:33,37 2l) Called instruments of death # Ps 7:13 3) DEFENSIVE 3a) Helmet # 1Sa 17:5,38 2Ch 26:14 3b) Coat of mail, breastplate, habergeon, or brigandine # 1Sa 17:5,38 Ex 28:32 Jer 46:4 Re 9:9 3c) Girdle # 1Sa 18:4 2Sa 18:11 3d) Target # 1Sa 17:6 3e) Greaves # 1Sa 17:6 3f) Shield # 1Ki 10:16,17 14:26,27 3g) Buckler # 1Ch 5:18 Eze 26:8 3h) Called harness # 1Ki 22:34 3i) Called armour # Lu 11:22 4) FOR SIEGES 4a) Battering Rams # 2Sa 20:15 Eze 4:2 4b) Engines for casting stones, &c # 2Ch 26:15 5) Not worn in ordinary times # 1Sa 21:8 6) Put on at the first alarm # Isa 8:9 Jer 46:3,4 7) Armouries built for # 2Ki 20:13 So 4:4 8) Great stores of, prepared # 2Ch 32:5 9) WERE PROVIDED 9a) By individuals themselves # 1Ch 12:33,37 9b) From the public arsenals # 2Ch 11:12 26:14 10) Often given as presents # 1Ki 10:25 11) BEFORE USING 11a) Tried and proved # 1Sa 17:39 11b) Burnished # Jer 46:4 Eze 21:9-11,28 11c) Anointed # Isa 21:5 12) Part of, borne by armour-bearers # Jud 9:54 1Sa 14:1 16:21 13) Hung of the walls of cities # Eze 27:10,11 14) OF THE VANQUISHED 14a) Taken off them # 2Sa 2:21 Lu 11:22 14b) Sometimes kept as trophies # 1Sa 17:54 14c) Sometime burned # Eze 39:9,10 15) Of conquered nations taken away to prevent rebellion # Jud 5:8 1Sa 13:19-22 16) Inferior to wisdom # Ec 9:18 17) ILLUSTRATIVE OF 17a) Spiritual armour # Ro 13:12 2Co 6:7 Eph 6:11-14 1Th 5:8 17b) Spiritual weapons # 2Co 10:4 Eph 6:17 17c) Judgments of God # Isa 13:5 Jer 50:25