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young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.

2 Kings v, 1. Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.

1 Chron. vii, 2. And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred. 1 Chron. viii, 40. And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour.

But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory. And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim. And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem. And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate! And the the host of the Philistines, and three mighty men brake through drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD. And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I 1 Chron. xi, 12-14, 26. And after should do this: is not this the him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, blood of the men that went in the Ahohite, who was one of the jeopardy of their lives? therefore three mighties. He was with he would not drink it. These David at Pas-dammim, and there things did these three mighty the Philistines were gathered to- men. And Abishai, the brother of gether to battle, where was a Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief parcel of ground full of barley; among three. And he lifted up and the people fled from before his spear against three hundred, the Philistines. And they set and slew them, and had the name themselves in the midst of that among three. Was he not most parcel, and delivered it, and slew honourable of three? therefore he the Philistines; and the LORD was their captain: howbeit he atsaved them by a great deliverance. tained not unto the first three. Also the valiant men of the armies And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, were Asahel the brother of Joab, the son of a valiant man, of KabElhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-zeel, who had done many acts, he

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the Gilonite, Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite, Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, Zelek the Ammonite, Nahari the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah, Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite. Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.

HEROINE S.

Judges iv, 6-10, 14, 17, 18, 21, 22. And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying. Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun? And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand. And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go. And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour, for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh. And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet, and Deborah went up with him. And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the slew two lion-like men of Moab: day in which the LORD hath dehe went down also and slew a lion livered Sisera into thine hand; is not in the midst of a pit in time of the LORD gone out before thee? snow. And he slew an Egyptian, So Barak went down from mount a goodly man: and the Egyptian Tabor, and ten thousand men after had a spear in his hand; but he him. Howbeit Sisera fled away on went down to him with a staff, his feet to the tent of Jael the and plucked the spear out of the wife of Heber the Kenite: for Egyptian's hand, and slew him there was peace between Jabin with his own spear. He was more the king of Hazor and the house honourable than the thirty, but he of Heber the Kenite. And Jael attained not to the first three: and went out to meet Sisera, and said David set him over his guard. unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn Asahel the brother of Joab was in to me; fear not. And when he one of the thirty; Elhanan the son had turned in unto her into the of Dodo of Beth-lehem, Shammah tent, she covered him with a the Harodite, Elika the Harodite, mantle. Then Jael, Heber's wife, Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of took a nail of the tent, and took Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the an hammer in her hand, and went Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hush- softly unto him, and smote the athite, Zalmon the Ahobite, nail into his temples, and fastened Maharai the Netophathite, Heleb it into the ground: for he was fast the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, asleep and weary. So he died. Ittai the son of Ribai out of And, behold, as Barak pursued Gibeah of the children of Benja- Sisera, Jael came out to meet min, Benaiah the Pirathonite, him, and said unto him. Come, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash, and I will shew thee the man And when Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azma- whom thou seekest. veth the Barhumite, Eliahba the he came into her tent, behold, Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was Jonathan, Shammah the Hararite, in his temples. Ahiam the son of Sharar the Judges v, 24. Blessed above Hararite, Eliphelet the son of women shall Jael the wife of ground full of lentiles; and the Ahasbai, the son of the Maacha-Heber the Kenite be blessed shall people fled from the Philistines. I thite, Ellam the son of Ahithophell she be above women in the tent.

2 Chron. xvii, 17. And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of

Valour.

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RECORD OF DAVID'S
HEROES.

2 Sam. xxili, 8-21, 23-39. These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adina the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time. And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away: He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword:and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil. And after him was Shamimah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of

Judges ix, 50-52. Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it. But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower. And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire. And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's, head, and all to brake his scull.

Judges xi, 35, 36. And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back. And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the chil

dren of Ammon.

2 Sam. xi, 21. Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

1 Sam. il, 1. And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.

CHALLENGES.

Judges i, 12, 13. And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and be gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

1 Sam. xlv, 6. And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.

1 Sam. xvii, 8-11, 16, 23-33, 38-42, 45-51. And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me. If he be able to fight with nie, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail

against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us. And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together. When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them. And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid. And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel. And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this

Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God? And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him. And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and thy naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause? And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner. And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him. And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail. And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for

I have hot proved them. And David put them off him. And he took his staff in his hand, and choose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip: and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine. And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him. And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance. Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our hands. And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh te meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his fore head, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David. Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slow him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.

2 Sam. ii, 13-16. And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool. And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise. Then there arose, and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul and twelve of the servants of David, And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side; so they

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 sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house. But they were exceedingly 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. xui, 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,

fathers, when I sent them from Num. xxxii, 8, 9. Thus did your 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. i, 28. Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart.

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hearted? let him go and return | hold upon them; all the inhabiunto his house, lest his brethren's tants of Canaan shalt melt away. heart faint as well as his heart. Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.

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.

Judges vii, 3. Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful 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.

Philistines heard that the chil1 Sam. vii, 7. And when the dren of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel.

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 Philistines?

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

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

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

ENEMIES OF ISRAEL TO BE

PANIC STRICKEN.

Exod. xv, 14-16. The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow Deut. xx, 8. And the officers shall take hold on the inhabitants shall speak further unto the peo- of Palestina. Then the dukes of ple, and they shall say, What man Edom shall be amazed; the mighty is there that is tearful and faint-men of Moab, trembling shall take 76

fear before thee, and will destroy Exod. xxiii, 27. I will send my all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.

Lev. xxvi, 36, 37. And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their enemies; and the sound of a shaken hearts in the lands of their leaf shall chase them; and they and they shall fall when none shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; pursueth. And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.

gin to put the dread of thee and Deut. ii, 25. This day will I be

the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall here report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.

Deut. xi, 25. There shall no mar be able to stand before you: for the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.

Deut. xxviii, 7. The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.

Josh. ii, 9-11, 24. And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for

kings of the Amorites, that were you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two ed. And as soon as we had heard on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroythese things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath. unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath And they said delivered into our hands all the

land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.

1 Sam. xiv, 15. And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people; the

garrison, and the spoilers, they | And they cut off his head, and also trembled, and the earth stripped off his armour, and sent quaked: so it was a very great into the land of the Philistines trembling. round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people. And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.

1 Chron. xiv, 17. And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.

Esther ix, 2. The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon ali people.

Isa. xxx, 17. One thousand shall fee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee.

Jer. xlix, 5, 37. Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GoD of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth. For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them.

Ezek. xxxii, 9, 10. I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known. Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.

Obad. 9. And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.

ARMOUR.

USUALLY WORN BY SOLDIERS, AND COVETED BY THE VICTOR.

1 Sam. xvii, 54. And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.

1 Sam. xxi, 9. And the priest said, The sword of Goliah the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, It is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.

1 Sam. xxxi, 8-10. And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.

2 Sam. ii, 21. And Abner said to

him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour.

1 Kings xxii, 38. And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his

armour.

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. xxii, 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. xiv, 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

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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. 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.

For we wrestle not

THE VARIOUS PIECES OF ARMOUR. HELMET.

1 Sam. xvii, 5, 38. And he had an helmet of brass upon his head. And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head.

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Isa. lix, 17. For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head.

Jer. xlvi, 4. Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and

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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.

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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.

and a target of brass between his
shoulders.

2 Sam. xxlii. 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, 8. They chose new
gods; then was war in the gates:
was there a shield or spear seen
among forty thousand in Israel?
2 Sam. 1, 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,

Solomon made two hundred tar-
1 Kings x, 16, 17. And king
gets of beater 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
the king's house; he even took
of the LORD, and the treasures of
the shields of gold which Solomon
away all: and he took away all
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.

2 Kings xi, 10. And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the tem

Isa. lix, 17, For he put on right-ple of the LORD. eousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head.

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1 Thess. v, 8. But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love.....

Rev. ix, 17. And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.

GREAVES.

1 Sam. xvii, 6. And he had greaves of brass upon his legs,

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.

2 Chron. xxiii, 9. Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's which were in the house of God.

Ps. XXXV, 2. Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.

Isa. xxi, 5. Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.

Jer. xlvi, 3, 9. Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle. Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men Ethiopians and the Libyans, that come forth; the handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.

Ezek. xxxix, 9. And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and them with fire seven years. the spears, and they shall burn

SYMBOL OF DIVINE
PROTECTION

the word of the LORD came unto
Gen. xv, 1. After these things
Abram in a vision, saying, Fear
not, Abram: I am thy shield, and
thy exceeding great reward.

LORD is tried: he is a buckler to 2 Sam. xxii, 31. As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the all them that trust in him.

Ps. iii, 3. But thou, O LORD, art shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.

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

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

Ps. xlvii, 9. The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.

Ps. lxxxiv, 9, 11. Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

Ps. lix, 11. Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by 2 Chron. xii, 9, 10. So Shishakthy power; and bring them down, 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, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is

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