Bible Dictionary: Military Arms: Defensive: Shield

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Torrey's Topical Textbook

1 Kings 10:16,17
And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

1 Kings 14:26,27
And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Library

A Discourse
... nothing but armour, and men at arms, to maintain ... so it was accoutered with such military
materials as ... makes with Antichrist is rather defensive than offensive. ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/a discourse.htm

Useful Phrases
... defenseless innocence. defensive alliance. ... gleaming escutcheon [escutcheon =
shield-shaped emblem bearing a coat of arms]. gleeful spirit. ... military autocracy. ...
/.../kleiser/fifteen thousand useful phrases/section i useful phrases.htm

Appendix iv. An Abstract of Jewish History from the Reign of ...
... but victory after victory attended the arms of his son ... a grave mistake, to enter
into a defensive and offensive ... It was a period of outward military success, and ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/appendix iv an abstract of.htm

The Hebrews and the Philistines --Damascus
... had cavalry corps in the Xth century BC The Philistine arms are described at ... similar
to those of the Egyptians, who were unrivalled in military operations at ...
/.../chapter iiithe hebrews and the.htm

The Reaction against Egypt
... and queens: they brandished their arms, displayed the ... the convention, more commercial
than military, with which ... content, into an offensive and defensive treaty ...
/.../chapter iithe reaction against egypt.htm

The Rise of the Assyrian Empire
... Budilu carried his arms against these tribes, and obtained successes over the Turuki ...
it as a purely Assyrian term used to designate the military confines or ...
/.../chapter iithe rise of the.htm

The Power of Assyria at Its Zenith; Esarhaddon and Assur-Bani-Pal
... regularity to prevent any important military expedition against ... He had first to carry
his arms to the ... in the north, carrying on short defensive campaigns among ...
/.../chapter iithe power of assyria 2.htm

The Memphite Empire
... Their arms were those commonly used by the Egyptians ... the bow, lance, club, knife,
battle-axe, and shield. ... wall, others by a line of military posts, flanked on ...
/.../chapter iithe memphite empire.htm

The Medes and the Second Chaldaean Empire
... in the number of its soldiers, in the military renown of ... ventured at last to take
up arms against the ... determined to remain entirely on the defensive, and not ...
/.../chapter iiithe medes and the.htm

Subtopics

Arms

Arms and Armor

Military Arms for Sieges: Battering Rams

Military Arms for Sieges: Engines for Casting Stones

Military Arms of Conquered Nations Taken Away to Prevent Rebellion

Military Arms of the Vanquished: Sometime Burned

Military Arms of the Vanquished: Sometimes Kept As Trophies

Military Arms of the Vanquished: Taken off Them

Military Arms were Provided by Individuals Themselves

Military Arms were Provided: from the Public Arsenals

Military Arms: Armouries Built For