Dictionary of Bible Themes » 5000 Humanity » 5200 Human civilisation » 5206 archers
Those armed with arrows, whether for hunting or warfare. Archers were particularly valued on account of their accuracy.
Men who were archers
Ishmael
Genesis 21:20
Esau
Genesis 27:3 See also Genesis 25:27
Jonathan
1 Samuel 20:18-23 See also 1 Samuel 20:35-38; 2 Samuel 1:22
Archers in the army of Israel and Judah
From the tribe of Reuben
1 Chronicles 5:18
From the tribe of Benjamin
1 Chronicles 8:40; Corinthians 12:1-2
In Asa's army
2 Chronicles 14:8
In Uzziah's army
2 Chronicles 26:14
Archers in the armies of other nations
The Philistines
1 Samuel 31:1-3
The Assyrians
2 Kings 19:32
The Medes
Isaiah 13:17-18; Jeremiah 50:9,14; Jeremiah 51:11
The Lydians
Isaiah 66:19
The Babylonians
Jeremiah 4:29 a prophecy of Babylon besieging Judah
Men shot by archers
Saul
1 Samuel 31:3
Uriah
2 Samuel 11:24 See also 2 Samuel 11:14-17
Ahab, king of Israel
1 Kings 22:34
Joram
2 Kings 9:24
Josiah
2 Chronicles 35:23
God likened to an archer
Lamentations 3:12-13 See also Psalm 7:12-13; Lamentations 2:4; Ezekiel 5:16; Zechariah 9:13
See also
5208 armies 5210 arrows 5236 bow and arrow 5342 hunting 5488 quivers 5605 warfare 5612 weapons
