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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So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThey that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
Job
WisdomFrom Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:
Joshua
History / JoshuaBut rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterFor we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.
Exodus
LawHe maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
Psalms
PoetryGrace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
2 John
General EpistlesJudas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.
John
GospelsAnd he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices.
1 Chronicles
HistoryWherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
Job
Wisdom / JobDeliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
Genesis
Law / MosesWherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
Job
WisdomThen said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.
2 Samuel
HistoryThen said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.
Ruth
HistoryThen Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.
Acts
History / LukeAnd the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
Revelation
ApocalypticLet mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahSon of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsHear ye, O mountains, the LORD'S controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.