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. — Jdj 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.