Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 5000 Humanity » 5200 Human civilisation » 5545 spear A weapon of warfare for stabbing or throwing. God promises a time when they will be changed into instruments of peace. People killed by spears Numbers 25:6-8; 2 Samuel 2:23; Samuel 18:14; Samuel 23:21 pp 1 Chronicles 11:23 Jesus Christ pierced by a spear John 19:34 See also Isaiah 53:5; Zechariah 12:10; John 20:27; Revelation 1:7 Armies of Judah armed with spears 2 Chronicles 11:12; 2 C 8; 2 C 5; 2 C 14; Nehemiah 4:13 Armies of other nations that used spears The Philistines The Babylonians The Egyptians 2 Samuel 23:21 pp 1 Chronicles 11:23; Jeremiah 46:2-4 The Romans God's people are not to trust in spears but in God 1 Samuel 17:47 See also 1 Samuel 17:45-46 King Saul and his spear Used against David 1 Samuel 18:10-11 See also 1 Samuel 19:9-10 Used against Jonathan David takes Saul's spear See also 1 Samuel 26:5-24 Joshua's spear used as a sign of victory Joshua 8:18 See also Joshua 8:19,25-26 Goliath's spear symbolises his strength 1 Samuel 17:7,45-47; 2 Samuel 21:19; 1 Chronicles 20:5 Spears will be turned into pruning hooks Isaiah 2:4 pp Micah 4:3 Some believe that the peace described in Isa 2:1-4 has been inaugurated with the coming of Jesus Christ. Others maintain that it refers to conditions that will obtain during a future reign of Jesus Christ on earth. The details are generally taken to be figurative rather than literal. See also Psalm 46:9 Pruning hooks will be turned into spears See also
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