Bible Dictionaries
Sling
Easton's Bible Dictionary
With a sling and a stone David smote the Philistine giant (1 Samuel 17:40,49 ). There were 700 Benjamites who were so skilled in its use that with the left hand they "could sling stones at a hair breadth, and not miss" (Judges 20:16; 1 Chronicles 12:2 ). It was used by the Israelites in war (2 Kings 3:25 ). (See ARMS .) The words in Proverbs 26:8 , "As he that bindeth a stone in a sling," etc. (Authorized Version), should rather, as in the Revised Version, be "As a bag of gems in a heap of stones," etc.
Copyright Statement
These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.
Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Sling'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/s/sling.html. 1897.