Bible verses about Bow, The

(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)

An instrument of war
Genesis 48:22; Isaiah 7:24
Sometimes used in hunting
Genesis 27:3
For shooting arrows
I Chronicles 12:2
Called the battle bow
Zechariah 9:10; 10:4
THOSE WHO USED, CALLED
- Bowmen
  Jeremiah 4:29
- Archers
  I Samuel 31:3; Jeremiah 51:3
Usually of steel
II Samuel 22:35; Job 20:24
Held in the left hand
Ezekiel 39:3
Drawn with full force
II Kings 9:24
The Jews taught to use
II Samuel 1:18
USED EXPERTLY BY
- Lydians
  Jeremiah 46:9
- Elamites
  Jeremiah 49:35
- Philistines
  I Samuel 31:2,3
- Sons of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh
  I Chronicles 5:18
- Benjamites
  I Chronicles 12:2; II Chronicles 14:8
Given as a token of friendship
I Samuel 18:4
Often furnished by the state
II Chronicles 26:14
Of the vanquished, broken and burned
Psalms 37:15; Ezekiel 39:9
ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of strength and power
  Job 29:20
- 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
  I Samuel 2:4; Jeremiah 49:35; Hosea 1:5; 2:18

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