ARMS, MILITARY

Torrey's New Topical Textbook

Made of iron, steel, or brass

Job 20:24 1 Samuel 17:5 1 Samuel 17:6

Not worn in ordinary times

Put on at the first alarm

Isaiah 8:9 Jeremiah 46:3 Jeremiah 46:4

Armouries built for

2 Kings 20:13 Song of Solomon 4:4

Great stores of, prepared

2 Chronicles 32:5

Often given as presents

Part of, borne by armour-bearers

Judges 9:54 1 Samuel 14:1 1 Samuel 16:21

Hung of the walls of cities

Ezekiel 27:10 Ezekiel 27:11

Of conquered nations taken away to prevent rebellion

Judges 5:8 1 Samuel 13:19-22

Inferior to wisdom

Ecclesiastes 9:18

OFFENSIVE

Sword

Judges 20:15 Ezekiel 32:27

Two-edged sword

Psalms 149:6 Proverbs 5:4

Dagger

Judges 3:16 Judges 3:21 Judges 3:22

Dart or javelin

1 Samuel 18:10 1 Samuel 18:11 2 Samuel 18:14

Spear or lance

1 Samuel 26:7 Jeremiah 50:42

Battle-axe

Ezekiel 26:9 Jeremiah 51:20

Bow and arrows

Genesis 48:22 1 Kings 22:34

Sling

1 Samuel 17:50 2 Kings 3:25

Hand staff

Called weapons of war

Called instruments of war

1 Chronicles 12:33 1 Chronicles 12:37

Called instruments of death

DEFENSIVE

Helmet

1 Samuel 17:5 1 Samuel 17:38 2 Chronicles 26:14

Coat of mail, breastplate, habergeon, or brigandine

1 Samuel 17:5 1 Samuel 17:38 Exodus 28:32 Jeremiah 46:4 Revelation 9:9

Girdle

1 Samuel 18:4 2 Samuel 18:11

Target

Greaves

Shield

1 Kings 10:16 1 Kings 10:17 1 Kings 14:26 1 Kings 14:27

Buckler

1 Chronicles 5:18 Ezekiel 26:8

Called harness

Called armour

FOR SIEGES

Battering Rams

2 Samuel 20:15 Ezekiel 4:2

Engines for casting stones, &c

2 Chronicles 26:15

WERE PROVIDED

By individuals themselves

1 Chronicles 12:33 1 Chronicles 12:37

From the public arsenals

2 Chronicles 11:12 2 Chronicles 26:14

BEFORE USING

Tried and proved

Burnished

Jeremiah 46:4 Ezekiel 21:9-11 Ezekiel 21:28

Anointed

OF THE VANQUISHED

Taken off them

2 Samuel 2:21 Luke 11:22

Sometimes kept as trophies

Sometime burned

Ezekiel 39:9 Ezekiel 39:10

ILLUSTRATIVE OF

Spiritual armour

Romans 13:12 2 Corinthians 6:7 Ephesians 6:11-14 1 Thessalonians 5:8

Spiritual weapons

2 Corinthians 10:4 Ephesians 6:17

Judgments of God

Isaiah 13:5 Jeremiah 50:25