Spear | Torrey's Topical Textbook

An offensive weapon 2 Samuel 23:8,18
First mention of, in Scripture Joshua 8:18
PARTS OF MENTIONED
- The staff of wood 1 Samuel 17:7
- The head of iron or brass 1 Samuel 17:7; 2 Samuel 21:16
Probably pointed at both ends 2 Samuel 2:23
Called the glittering spear Job 39:23; Habakkuk 3:11
DIFFERENT KINDS OF
- Lances Jeremiah 50:42
- Javelins Numbers 25:7; 1 Samuel 18:10
- Darts 2 Samuel 18:14; Job 41:26,29
Those who used, called spearmen Psalm 68:30; Acts 23:23
Frequently used by horse soldiers Nahum 3:3
Furbished before war Jeremiah 46:4
Pruning-hooks made into, before war Joel 3:10
Made into pruning-hooks in peace Isaiah 2:4; Micah 4:3
THE ISRAELITES
- Acquainted with the making of 1 Samuel 13:19
- Frequently used Nehemiah 4:13,16
- Ill provided with, in the times of Deborah and Saul Judges 5:8; 1 Samuel 13:22
Provided by the kings of Israel in great abundance 2 Chronicles 11:12; 32:5
Frequently thrown from the hand 1 Samuel 18:11; 19:10
Often retained in the hand of the person using Numbers 25:7; 2 Samuel 2:23
Stuck in the ground beside the bolster during sleep 1 Samuel 26:7-11
Illustrative of the bitterness of the wicked Psalm 57:4

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