Bible Encyclopedia: Military Arms: Offensive: Sling

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

Tiglath-Pileser iii. And the Organisation of the Assyrian Empire ...
... Tiglath-pileser had, doubtless, held a military command before ascending the throne,
and ... children, 46,600 women, 12,000 men capable of bearing arms, 23,335 oxen ...
/.../chapter iitiglath-pileser iii and the.htm

The Greatness of the Soul,
... the affections too, which are, as I may call them, the hands and arms of the ... Ay,
they find pleasure in the vilest things, in the things most offensive to God ...
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The Holy War,
... He arms Mansoul with the whole armour of Satan, which is very graphically ... due to
sin"all are described with an extraordinary knowledge of military terms and ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/the holy war.htm

Torrey's Topical Textbook

1 Samuel 17:50
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
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2 Kings 3:25
And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; however, the slingers went about it, and smote it.
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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