BOW, THE

Torrey's New Topical Textbook

An instrument of war

Genesis 48:22 Isaiah 7:24

Sometimes used in hunting

For shooting arrows

1 Chronicles 12:2

Called the battle bow

Zechariah 9:10 Zechariah 10:4

Usually of steel

2 Samuel 22:35 Job 20:24

Held in the left hand

Drawn with full force

The Jews taught to use

Given as a token of friendship

Often furnished by the state

2 Chronicles 26:14

Of the vanquished, broken and burned

Psalms 37:15 Ezekiel 39:9

THOSE WHO USED, CALLED

Bowmen

Archers

1 Samuel 31:3 Jeremiah 51:3

USED EXPERTLY BY

Lydians

Elamites

Philistines

1 Samuel 31:2 1 Samuel 31:3

Sons of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh

1 Chronicles 5:18

Benjamites

1 Chronicles 12:2 2 Chronicles 14:8

ILLUSTRATIVE

Of strength and power

Of the tongue of the wicked

Psalms 11:2 Jeremiah 9:3

(When deceitful,) of the hypocrite

Psalms 78:57 Hosea 7:16

(When broken,) of the overthrow of power

1 Samuel 2:4 Jeremiah 49:35 Hosea 1:5 Hosea 2:18