An Instrument of War Genesis 48:22, Isaiah 7:24

Sometimes Used in Hunting Genesis 27:3

For Shooting Arrows 1 Chronicles 12:2

Called the Battle Bow Zechariah 9:10, 10:4

Those Who Used, Called

Bowmen Jeremiah 4:29

Archers 1 Samuel 31:3, Jeremiah 51:3

Usually of Steel 2 Samuel 22:35, Job 20:24

Held in the Left Hand Ezekiel 39:3

Drawn with Full Force 2 Kings 9:24

The Jews Taught to Use 2 Samuel 1:18

Used Expertly By

Lydians Jeremiah 46:9

Elamites Jeremiah 49:35

Philistines 1 Samuel 31:2, 3

Sons of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh 1 Chronicles 5:18

Benjamites 1 Chronicles 12:2, 2 Chronicles 14:8

Given as a Token of Friendship 1 Samuel 18:4

Often Furnished by the State 2 Chronicles 26:14

Of the Vanquished, Broken and Burned Psalm 37:15, Ezekiel 39:9

Illustrative

Of strength and power Job 29:20

Of the tongue of the wicked Psalm 11:2, Jeremiah 9:3

(When deceitful,) of the hypocrite Psalm 78:57, Hosea 7:16

(When broken,) of the overthrow of power 1 Samuel 2:4, Jeremiah 49:35, Hosea 1:5, 2:18