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Weapons

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This is a brief cross-reference entry. For the full topic material click the following topics: Armor, Arms.

Weapons in scripture covers both the defensive equipment of a soldier — breastplate, helmet, shield, greaves, coat of mail — and the offensive instruments of war: sword, spear, bow, sling, dagger, javelin, dart, battering-ram, and chariot. The biblical material treats these as the literal armaments of Israel and her neighbors and as figurative imagery for the spiritual conflict of the faithful.

Click the following to read the full topics on this subject: Armor, Arms