- 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
The New Topical Text Book
Arms, Military
The New Topical Text Book, R. A. Torrey (1897). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.