fell down together. wherefore that place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon.

2 Kings x, 2-4. Now, as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armour. Look even out the best and meetest of your master's Bons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house. But they were exceeding ly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?

2 Kings xiv, 8-12. Then Amazfah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face. And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down

the thistle. Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee? But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.

COWARDICE.

Num. xii, 31. But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than

we.

Num. xxii, 2, 3. And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of

the children of Israel.

Num. xxxii, 8, 9. Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land. For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.

Deut. 1, 28. Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart.

hearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.

Josh. V, 1. And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was their spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.

hold upon them; all the in tants of Canaan shalt melt a Fear and dread shall fail t them; by the greatness of t arm they shall be as still as ag till thy people pass over, O L till the people pass over, u thou hast purchased.

Exod. xxiii, 27. I will sen fear before thee, and will des all the people to whom thos come, and I will make all t enemies turn their backs thee.

Lev. xxvi, 36, 37. And t them that are left alive of y will send a faintness into hearts in the lands of

Judges vii, 3. Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fear-enemies; and the sound of a s ful and afraid, let him return, and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand, and there remained ten thousand.

1 Sam. vil, 7. And when the Philistines heard that the chil

leaf shall chase them; and shall flee, as fleeing from ast and they shall fall when pursueth. And they shall tal upon another, as it were bot sword, when none pursued: ye shall have no power to before your enemies.

dren of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Deut. ii, 25. This day wil Philistines went up against Israel.gin to put the dread of the the fear of thee upon the that are under the whole he who shall here report f and

And when the children of Israel

heard it, they were afraid of the

Philistines.

1 Sam. xiii, 6, 7. When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.

1 Sam. xvii, 24. And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.

1 Sam. xxiii, 3. And David's men said unto him. Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: now much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philis

tines?

1 Sam. xxviii, 5. And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.

1 Kings xxii, 32. And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.

Matth. xxviii, 4. And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.

ENEMIES OF ISRAEL TO BE

ball tremble, and 1 anguish because of thee.

Deut. xi, 25. There shall t be able to stand before yo the LORD your God shall la fear of you and the dread € upon all the land that ye tread upon, as he hath said you.

Deut. xxviii, 7. The Lo cause thine enemies that r against thee to be sniffte fore thy face: they shall con against thee one way, before thee seven ways.

Josh. il, 9-11, 24. And sh unto the men, I know th LORD hath given you the lan that your terror is fallen up and that all the inhabitants land faint because of you I have heard how the Lots up the water of the Red s and what ye did unto you, when ye came out of 1 kings of the Amorites, thi

on the other side Jordan

and Og, whom ye utterly ed. And as soon as we ha these things, our hearts .

neither did there remain at v courage in any man, beca you: for the LORD your Gui God in heaven above, earth beneath. And th unto Joshua, Truly the L delivered into our hands. land; for even all the in of the country do faint beca us.

1 Sam. xlv, 15. And the trembling in the host, in 1 and among all the peop

rix, 2. The Jews gathered Drives together in their cities

ghout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, to lay hand ch is sought their hurt: and could withstand them; the fear of them fell upon all iple.

17. One thousand shall the rebuke of one; at the ale of five shall ye flee. rit, 5, 37. Behold, I will

fear upon thee, saith the 46oo of hosts, from all those be about thee, and ye shall be out every man right forth; e shall gather up him that alereth. For I will cause Elam be dismayed before their

, and before them that seek #te and I will bring evil on them, even my fierce anger,

the Leap, and I will send the d after them, till I have conmed them.

9, 10. I will also vex berts of many people, when I all bring thy destruction among , into the countries the hast not known. Yea, make many people amazed

and their kings shall be my afraid for thee, when I brandish my sword before and they shall tremble at moment, every man for his 9, in the day of thy fall.

9. And thy mighty men, Tran, shall be dismayed, to that every one of the t of Esan may be cut off by

ter.

ARMOUR SUALLY WORN BY DIERS, AND COVETED BY

THE VICTOR.

vii, 54. And David took ad of the Philistine, and t it to Jerusalem; but he armour in his tent.

3 xxi, 9. And the priest The sword of Goliah the ne, whom thon slewest in valley of Elah, behold, It is wrapped in a cloth behind

if thou wilt take that, for there is no other save bere. And David said, There e like that; give it me. 1 xxx, 8-10. And it came on the morrow, when the stines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his ee sons fallen in mount Gilboa,

KEPT IN A CITADEL. Neh. iii, 19. And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury.

Çant. iv, 4. Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.

Isa. xxil, 8. And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.

Isa. xxxix, 2. And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures.

CARRIED BY AN ESQUIRE.

Judges ix, 54. Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.

1 Sam. xlv, 7. And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy

heart.

to Saul, and stood before him: and 1 Sam. xvi, 21. And David came he loved him greatly; and he be

came his armourbearer.

1 Sam. xxxi, 6. So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.

1 Sam. xiv, 1. Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father.

1 Sam. xxxi, 4, 5. Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through

therewith; lest these uncircuncised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid.' Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon hig sword, and died with him.

2 Sam. xviii, 15. And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and smote Aosaloin, and slew him.

Luke xi, 22. But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.

Rom. xiii, 12. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

2 Cor. vi, 7. By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left.

THE CHRISTIAN ARMOUR AND WEAPONS.

Eph. vi, 11-17. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of

salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

MAIL OR BREASTPLATE.

Exod. xxviii, 32. And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof, it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an Habergeon, that it be not rent.

1 Sam. xvii, 5, 38. . . . . And he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. Also he [Saul] armed him [David]

with a coat of mail.

1 Kings xxii, 34. And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness; wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.

2 Chron. xxvi, 14. And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons..

...

Neh. iv, 16. And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

2 Sam. xxili, 7. But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.

SHIELD, BUCKLER, OR
TARGET.

Judges v, S. They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

2 Sam. i, 21. Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.

2 Sam. viii, 7. And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

1 Kings x, 16, 17. And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target. And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

1 Kings xiv, 26, 27. And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made. And king Rehoboam

made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king's house.

head.....

saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against

it.

Ps. v, 12. For thou, Lo bless the righteous; with wilt thou compass him as shield.

Ps. xxxiii, 20. Our soul for the LORD: he is our help our shield.

Ps. xlvii, 9. The princes gathered tog people are even the people of the Go Abraham: for the shields a earth belong unto God: he ly exalted.

Ps. lxxxiv, 9, 11. Behold, 0 our shield, and look upon the For the I God is a sun and shield: the will give grace and glory: ps thing will he withhold the! that walk uprightly.

of thine anointed.

Ps. lix, 11. Slay them no my people forget: scatter th 2 Chron. xii, 9, 10. So Shishakthy power; and bring the king of Egypt came up against O LORD our shield. Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made. Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king's house.

Ps. cxv, 9-11. O Israel thou in the LORD: he is th and their shield. Aaron, trust in the Lo

Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD's deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria. And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed.

....

1 Chron. x, 3. And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.

1 Chron. xii, 2. They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.

Neh. iv, 13. Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears,

and their bows.

BOW AND ARROWS, THE CHARACTERISTIC WEAPONS OF JEWISH AND FOREIGN NATIONS, AS SEEN IN THE FOLLOWING ALLUSIONS.

Gen. xxi, 16. And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot..

Gen. xlviii, 22. Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

Gen. xlix, 24. But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel.)

Num. xxiv, 8.[The Unicorn] Shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.

2 Sam. i, 18, 22. (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.) From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.

2 Kings xix, 32. Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.

Job xx, 24. He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.

Job xxix, 20. My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.

Ps. xliv, 6. For I will not trust

in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

Ps. xlvi, 9. He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.

Ps. lxxvi, 3. There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.

and dealt unfaithfully like their Ps. lxxviii, 57. But turned back, fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

in the hand of a mighty man; so Ps. cxxvii, 4, 5. As arrows are is the man that hath his quiver are children of the youth. Happy full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

sharp, and all their bows bent, Isa. v, 28. Whose arrows are their horses' hoofs shall be count

ed like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind.

Isa. xxii, 3, 6. All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far. And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.

Isa, xli, 2. Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as

driven stubble to his bow.

Isa. xlix, 2. And he hath made

my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid

me.

Isa. lxvi, 19. And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.

Jer. v, 16. Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.

Jer. vi, 23. They shall lay hold on bow and spear, they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.

Jer. xlvi, 9. The Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.

Jer. xlix, 35. Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.

Jer. 1, 9, 14, 29, 42. For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain. Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD. Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel. They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Baby

lon.

Jer. 11, 3, 11. Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host. Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.

Lam. ii, 4. He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.

Ezek. xxi, 21. For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright.

Ezek. xxxix, 3. And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

Hosea 1, 5, 7. And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the

valley of Jezreel. But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horse

men.

Hosea vil, 16. They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fail by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

Amos ii, 15. Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.

Zech. ix, 10, 13. And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth. When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons. O Zion, against thy sons. O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty

man.

Zech. x, 4. Out of bim came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.

Rev. vi, 2. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.

ARROWS ARE IMAGES OF

SUDDEN AND TERRIBLE

EVIL INFLICTED BY
MAN.

Ps. xl, 2. For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

Ps. xxxvii, 14. The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

Ps. lviil, 7. Let them melt away as waters which run continually:

when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

Ps. Ixiv, 3. Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words.

Prov. xxv, 18. A man that beareth false witness against his and a sharp arrow. neighbour is a maul, and a sword,

Prov. xxvi, 18. As a mad man

who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death.

Jer. ix, 3, 8. And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD. Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

AND ALSO OF DIVINE

JUDGMENT.

Job vi, 4. For the arrows of Almighty are within me poison whereof drinketh up spirit: the terrors of God do themselves in array against ma

Job xvi, 13. His archers co pass me round about, he clear my reins asunder, and doth t spare; he poureth out my gall on the ground.

Ps. vii, 11-13. God judgeth 1 righteous, and God is angry a not, he will whet his sword the wicked every day. If he t ready. He hath also prepared hath bent his bow, and mad

him the instruments of death; ordaineth his arrows against persecutors.

Ps. xviii, 14. Yea, he sent his arrows, and scattered th

Therefore sl

Ps. xxi, 12. thou make them turn their b

when thou shalt make 78 thine arrows upon thy stri against the face of them.

Ps. xxxviii, 2. For thine an stick fast in me, and thy t presseth me sore.

Ps. xlv, 5. Thine arrows sharp in the heart of the ki enemies; whereby the people under thee.

Ps. Ixiv, 7. But God shall s at them with an arrow; sudd shall they be wounded.

Ps. lxxvii, 17. The clouds p ed out water: the skies sent a sound: thine arrows also abroad.

Ps. xci, 5. Thou shalt no afraid for the terror by night for the arrow that flieth by da

Ps. cxliv, 6. Cast forth light and scatter them: shoot out t arrows, and destroy them.

Lam. ii, 4. He hath bent

bow like an enemy.

Lam. iii, 12. 13. He hath his bow, and set me as a mart the arrow. He hath caused arrows of his quiver to enter my reins.

Ezek. v, 16. When I shall mine, which shall be for upon them the evil arrows of destruction, and which I send to destroy you....

Hab. iil, 9, 11. Thy bow made quite naked, according the oaths of the tribes, co word. Selah. Thou didst o the earth with rivers. Th and moon stood still in habitation: at the light of th arrows they went, and at shining of thy glittering spear.