Bow

Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.

And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.

Take your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out into the field to hunt some game for me.

And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”

Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

I sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you, but not by your own sword or bow.

The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble are equipped with strength.

And Jonathan removed the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, his sword, his bow, and his belt.

When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically.

and he ordered that the sons of Judah be taught the Song of the Bow. It is written in the Book of Jashar:

From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not retreat, and the sword of Saul did not return empty.

He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”

“Do not kill them,” he replied. “Would you kill those you have captured with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and then return to their master.”

Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he slumped down in his chariot.

Elisha told him, “Take a bow and some arrows.” So Jehoash took a bow and some arrows.

Then Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Put your hand on the bow.” So the king put his hand on the bow, and Elisha put his hands on the king’s hands.

The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 warriors—valiant men who carried the shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for battle.

The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and they had many sons and grandsons—150 in all. All these were the descendants of Benjamin.

When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him.

they were archers using both the right and left hands to sling stones and shoot arrows; and they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin):

So he said to the people of Judah, “Let us build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, with doors and bars. The land is still ours because we have sought the LORD our God. We have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.

From Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with him 200,000 armed with bows and shields;

However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”

Uzziah supplied the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows, and slingstones.

When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious,

Meanwhile, the people of Judah said: “The strength of the laborer fails, and there is so much rubble that we will never be able to rebuild the wall.”

Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.

My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’

He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.

For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

You have given me Your shield of salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness exalts me.

The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.

But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame.

“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”

You are resplendent with light, more majestic than mountains filled with game.

The archers of Ephraim turned back on the day of battle.

They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.

Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.

Men will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers and thorns.

Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children.

For they flee from the sword—the sword that is drawn—from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle.

The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.

All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together, having fled to a distant place.

Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.

I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations.

Every city flees at the sound of the horseman and archer. They enter the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned; no inhabitant is left.

They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Zion.”

If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people.

Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth—Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will shatter Elam’s bow, the mainstay of their might.

Line up in formation around Babylon, all you who draw the bow! Shoot at her! Spare no arrows! For she has sinned against the LORD.

Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Babylon.

Do not let the archer bend his bow or put on his armor. Do not spare her young men; devote all her army to destruction!

For a destroyer is coming against her—against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken, for the LORD is a God of retribution; He will repay in full.

He has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned. Like a foe He has killed all who were pleasing to the eye; He has poured out His wrath like fire on the tent of the Daughter of Zion.

He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.

Then I will strike the bow from your left hand and dash down the arrows from your right hand.

Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out, kindle fires, and burn up the weapons—the bucklers and shields, the bows and arrows, the clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel.

And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”

Yet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them—not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cavalry, but by the LORD their God.”

And I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will know the LORD.”

They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.

The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet of foot will not escape, and the horseman will not save his life.

You brandished Your bow; You called for many arrows. Selah You split the earth with rivers.

And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be broken. Then He will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will extend from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.

For I will bend Judah as My bow and fit it with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, O Zion, against the sons of Greece. I will make you like the sword of a mighty man.

The cornerstone will come from Judah, the tent peg from him, as well as the battle bow and every ruler together.

So I looked and saw a white horse, and its rider held a bow. And he was given a crown, and he rode out to overcome and conquer.