Bible Dictionary: Shields: Many of the Israelites Used, With Expertness

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1 Chronicles 12:8,24,34
And of the Gadites there separated themselves to David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes on the mountains;
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2 Chronicles 14:8
And Asa had an army of men that bore targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bore shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valor.
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2 Chronicles 25:5
Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
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Subtopics

Shields

Shields in Times of Peace Were Hung up in Towers or Armouries

Shields of the Vanquished, often Burned

Shields were Scarce in Israel in the Days of Deborah and Barak

Shields: A Disgrace to Lose, or Throw Away

Shields: A Part of Defensive Armour

Shields: Before War: Anointed

Shields: Before War: Gathered Together

Shields: Before War: Often Made Red

Shields: Before War: Repaired

Shields: Before War: Uncovered