Table of Contents
Spear
1. An offensive weapon. 2Sa 23:8,18.
2. First mention of, in Scripture. Jos 8:18.
3. Parts of mentioned
a. The staff of wood. 1Sa 17:7.
b. The head of iron or brass. 1Sa 17:7; 2Sa 21:16.
4. Probably pointed at both ends. 2Sa 2:23.
5. Called the glittering spear. Job 39:23; Hab 3:11.
6. Different kinds of
a. Lances. Jer 50:42.
b. Javelins. Nu 25:7; 1Sa 18:10.
c. Darts. 2Sa 18:14; Job 41:26,29.
7. Those who used, called spearmen. Ps 68:30; Ac 23:23.
8. Frequently used by horse soldiers. Na 3:3.
9. Furbished before war. Jer 46:4.
10. Pruning-hooks made into, before war. Joe 3:10.
11. Made into pruning-hooks in peace. Isa 2:4; Mic 4:3.
12. The Israelites
a. Acquainted with the making of. 1Sa 13:19.
b. Frequently used. Ne 4:13,16.
c. Ill provided with, in the times of Deborah and Saul. Jdj 5:8; 1Sa 13:22.
13. Provided by the kings of Israel in great abundance. 2Ch 11:12; 32:5.
14. Frequently thrown from the hand. 1Sa 18:11; 19:10.
15. Often retained in the hand of the person using. Nu 25:7; 2Sa 2:23.
16. Stuck in the ground beside the bolster during sleep. 1Sa 26:7-11.
17. Illustrative of the bitterness of the wicked. Ps 57:4.