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