Bible Dictionary: Military Arms: Offensive: Spear or Lance

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Torrey's Topical Textbook

1 Samuel 26:7
So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Jeremiah 50:42
They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not show mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride on horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against you, O daughter of Babylon.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Library

The Hebrews and the Philistines --Damascus
... against him," and was, therefore, offensive to the ... Xth century BC The Philistine
arms are described at ... Egyptians, who were unrivalled in military operations at ...
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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 ...
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Justinian.
... who held the country under military occupation, but ... even Persians, in figure, language,
arms, and customs ... seventy-one heretical or offensive propositions of ...
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The Medes and the Second Chaldaean Empire
... and disaster; they flew to arms full of ... the establishment of a systematically organised
military power within ... flashing sword, and the glittering spear; and a ...
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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