Bible Concordances
Arms, Military

Torrey's Topical Textbook

• Made of iron, steel, or brass
  Job 20:24; 1 Samuel 17:5,6

• OFFENSIVE
  • Sword
    Judges 20:15; Ezekiel 32:27
  • Two-edged sword
    Psalm 149:6; Proverbs 5:4
  • Dagger
    Judges 3:16,21,22
  • Dart or javelin
    1 Samuel 18:10,11; 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
    Matthew 26:47
  • Called weapons of war
    2 Samuel 1:27
  • Called instruments of war
    1 Chronicles 12:33,37
  • Called instruments of death
    Psalm 7:13

• DEFENSIVE
  • Helmet
    1 Samuel 17:5,38; 2 Chronicles 26:14
  • Coat of mail, breastplate, habergeon, or brigandine
    1 Samuel 17:5,38; Exodus 28:32; Jeremiah 46:4; Revelation 9:9
  • Girdle
    1 Samuel 18:4; 2 Samuel 18:11
  • Target
    1 Samuel 17:6
  • Greaves
    1 Samuel 17:6
  • Shield
    1 Kings 10:16,17; 14:26,27
  • Buckler
    1 Chronicles 5:18; Ezekiel 26:8
  • Called harness
    1 Kings 22:34
  • Called armour
    Luke 11:22

• FOR SIEGES
  • Battering Rams
    2 Samuel 20:15; Ezekiel 4:2
  • Engines for casting stones, &c
    2 Chronicles 26:15

• Not worn in ordinary times
  1 Samuel 21:8

• Put on at the first alarm
  Isaiah 8:9; Jeremiah 46:3,4

• Armouries built for
  2 Kings 20:13; Song of Solomon 4:4

• Great stores of, prepared
  2 Chronicles 32:5

• WERE PROVIDED
  • By individuals themselves
    1 Chronicles 12:33,37
  • From the public arsenals
    2 Chronicles 11:12; 26:14

• Often given as presents
  1 Kings 10:25

• BEFORE USING
  • Tried and proved
    1 Samuel 17:39
  • Burnished
    Jeremiah 46:4; Ezekiel 21:9-11,28
  • Anointed
    Isaiah 21:5

• Part of, borne by armour-bearers
  Judges 9:54; 1 Samuel 14:1; 16:21

• Hung of the walls of cities
  Ezekiel 27:10,11

• OF THE VANQUISHED
  • Taken off them
    2 Samuel 2:21; Luke 11:22
  • Sometimes kept as trophies
    1 Samuel 17:54
  • Sometime burned
    Ezekiel 39:9,10

• Of conquered nations taken away to prevent rebellion
  Judges 5:8; 1 Samuel 13:19-22

• Inferior to wisdom
  Ecclesiastes 9:18

• 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