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	Nave's—Arms

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