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.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
Acts
HistoryAnd the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
Luke
GospelsAnd the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.
2 Samuel
HistoryFor the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThen said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man.
Luke
GospelsMy heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me.
Exodus
Law / MosesThen the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
Luke
GospelsBut mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, which is Debir,
Joshua
History / JoshuaThe watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
Numbers
Law / MosesThe hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
Exodus
Law / MosesFor I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
Micah
Minor ProphetsOur little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanI am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.
Leviticus
LawTo him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Psalms
PoetryAnd Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.
Judges
History / SamuelWho satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.