Spear

An offensive weapon 2Sa 23:8,18

First mention of, in Scripture Jos 8:18

PARTS OF MENTIONED

• The staff of wood 1Sa 17:7
• The head of iron or brass 1Sa 17:7; 2Sa 21:16

Probably pointed at both ends 2Sa 2:23

Called the glittering spear Job 39:23; Hab 3:11

DIFFERENT KINDS OF

• Lances Jer 50:42
• Javelins Nu 25:7; 1Sa 18:10
• Darts 2Sa 18:14; Job 41:26,29

Those who used, called spearmen Ps 68:30; Ac 23:23

Frequently used by horse soldiers Na 3:3

Furbished before war Jer 46:4

Pruning-hooks made into, before war Joe 3:10

Made into pruning-hooks in peace Isa 2:4; Mic 4:3

THE ISRAELITES

• Acquainted with the making of 1Sa 13:19
• Frequently used Ne 4:13,16
• Ill provided with, in the times of Deborah and Saul Jud 5:8; 1Sa 13:22

Provided by the kings of Israel in great abundance 2Ch 11:12; 32:5

Frequently thrown from the hand 1Sa 18:11; 19:10

Often retained in the hand of the person using Nu 25:7; 2Sa 2:23

Stuck in the ground beside the bolster during sleep 1Sa 26:7-11

Illustrative of the bitterness of the wicked Ps 57:4