Dictionary of Bible Themes A weapon of warfare for stabbing or throwing. God promises a time when they will be changed into instruments of peace. Numbers 25:6-8People killed by spears 2 Samuel 2:23; 18:14; 23:21pp 1Ch 11:23 John 19:34Jesus Christ pierced by a spear See also Isaiah 53:5Zechariah 12:10 John 20:27 Revelation 1:7 2 Chronicles 11:12; 14:8; 25:5; 26:14 Armies of Judah armed with spears Nehemiah 4:131 Samuel 17:7 Armies of other nations that used spears The Philistines Jeremiah 6:22-23The Babylonians 2 Samuel 23:21The Egyptians Jeremiah 46:2-4pp 1Ch 11:23 John 19:34The Romans 1 Samuel 17:47God's people are not to trust in spears but in God See also 1 Samuel 17:45-461 Samuel 18:10-11 King Saul and his spear See also Used against David 1 Samuel 19:9-101 Samuel 20:33 Used against Jonathan See also 1 Samuel 26:5-24David takes Saul's spear Joshua 8:18Joshua's spear used as a sign of victory See also Joshua 8:19,25-261 Samuel 17:7,45-47 Goliath's spear symbolises his strength 2 Samuel 21:191 Chronicles 20:5 Isaiah 2:4 Spears will be turned into pruning hooks See also pp Mic 4:3 Psalms 46:9Some 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. Joel 3:10Pruning hooks will be turned into spears See also 2414 cross, centrality2530 Christ, death of 5613 weights & measures |
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