Torrey's Topical Index
Spear
An offensive weapon—2Sa
23:8,18
First mention of, in Scripture—Jos
8:18
PARTS OF MENTIONED
- The staff of wood
- —1Sa 17:7
- The head of iron or brass
- —1Sa 17:7; 2Sa 21:16
Probably pointed at both ends—2Sa
2:23
Called the glittering spear—Job
39:23; Hab
3:11
DIFFERENT KINDS OF
Those who used, called spearmen—Ps
68:30; Ac
23:23
Frequently used by horse soldiers—Na
3:3
Furbished before war—Jer
46:4
Pruning-hooks made into, before war—Joe
3:10
Made into pruning-hooks in peace—Isa
2:4; Mic
4:3
THE ISRAELITES
- Acquainted with the making of
- —1Sa 13:19
- Frequently used
- —Ne 4:13,16
- Ill provided with, in the times of Deborah and Saul
- —Jud 5:8; 1Sa 13:22
Provided by the kings of Israel in great abundance—2Ch
11:12; 32:5
Frequently thrown from the hand—1Sa
18:11; 19:10
Often retained in the hand of the person using—Nu
25:7; 2Sa
2:23
Stuck in the ground beside the bolster during sleep—1Sa
26:7-11
Illustrative of the bitterness of the wicked—Ps
57:4