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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