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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And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsDeliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
James
General EpistlesAnd it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with gladness.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanSo the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
Genesis
LawAnd Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThese see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesBut we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulBe wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:
Exodus
LawBe not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.
1 Kings
HistoryThis their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
James
General Epistles / JamesAnd thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.