God's Covenant with Abram

After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.”

Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord, the shield of your help, and the sword of your triumph! Your enemies shall come fawning to you, and you shall tread upon their backs.”

When new gods were chosen, then war was in the gates. Was shield or spear to be seen among forty thousand in Israel?

The shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron. And his shield-bearer went before him.

And the Philistine moved forward and came near to David, with his shield-bearer in front of him.

“You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain upon you, nor fields of offerings! For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.

And David took the shields of gold that were carried by the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.

my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge, my savior; you save me from violence.

This God—his way is perfect; the word of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your gentleness made me great.

King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold; 600 shekels of gold went into each shield.

And he made 300 shields of beaten gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

He took away the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king's house. He took away everything. He also took away all the shields of gold that Solomon had made,

and King Rehoboam made in their place shields of bronze, and committed them to the hands of the officers of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house.

And the priest gave to the captains the spears and shields that had been King David's, which were in the house of the Lord.

“Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city or shoot an arrow there, or come before it with a shield or cast up a siege mound against it.

The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had valiant men who carried shield and sword, and drew the bow, expert in war, 44,760, able to go to war.

From the Gadites there went over to David at the stronghold in the wilderness mighty and experienced warriors, expert with shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were swift as gazelles upon the mountains:

The men of Judah bearing shield and spear were 6,800 armed troops.

Of Naphtali 1,000 commanders with whom were 37,000 men armed with shield and spear.

And David took the shields of gold that were carried by the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.

King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold; 600 shekels of beaten gold went into each shield.

And he made 300 shields of beaten gold; 300 shekels of gold went into each shield; and the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

And he put shields and spears in all the cities and made them very strong. So he held Judah and Benjamin.

So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem. He took away the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king's house. He took away everything. He also took away the shields of gold that Solomon had made,

and King Rehoboam made in their place shields of bronze and committed them to the hands of the officers of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house.

And Asa had an army of 300,000 from Judah, armed with large shields and spears, and 280,000 men from Benjamin that carried shields and drew bows. All these were mighty men of valor.

Of Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, with 200,000 men armed with bow and shield;

And Jehoiada the priest gave to the captains the spears and the large and small shields that had been King David's, which were in the house of God.

Amaziah's Victories

Then Amaziah assembled the men of Judah and set them by fathers' houses under commanders of thousands and of hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin. He mustered those twenty years old and upward, and found that they were 300,000 choice men, fit for war, able to handle spear and shield.

And Uzziah prepared for all the army shields, spears, helmets, coats of mail, bows, and stones for slinging.

He set to work resolutely and built up all the wall that was broken down and raised towers upon it, and outside it he built another wall, and he strengthened the Millo in the city of David. He also made weapons and shields in abundance.

And Hezekiah had very great riches and honor, and he made for himself treasuries for silver, for gold, for precious stones, for spices, for shields, and for all kinds of costly vessels;

From that day on, half of my servants worked on construction, and half held the spears, shields, bows, and coats of mail. And the leaders stood behind the whole house of Judah,

running stubbornly against him with a thickly bossed shield;

His back is made of rows of shields, shut up closely as with a seal.

But you, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.

For you bless the righteous, O Lord; you cover him with favor as with a shield.

My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.

The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

This God—his way is perfect; the word of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand supported me, and your gentleness made me great.

The Lord Is My Strength and My Shield

Of David.

To you, O Lord, I call; my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if you be silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit.

The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.

Our soul waits for the Lord; he is our help and our shield.

Take hold of shield and buckler and rise for my help!

The princes of the peoples gather as the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God; he is highly exalted!

Kill them not, lest my people forget; make them totter by your power and bring them down, O Lord, our shield!

There he broke the flashing arrows, the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah

Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed!

For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.

For our shield belongs to the Lord, our king to the Holy One of Israel.

He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.

O Israel, trust in the Lord! He is their help and their shield.

O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord! He is their help and their shield.

You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord! He is their help and their shield.

You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in your word.

he is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.

he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity,

Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

Your neck is like the tower of David, built in rows of stone; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors.

They prepare the table, they spread the rugs, they eat, they drink. Arise, O princes; oil the shield!

And Elam bore the quiver with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.

“Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city or shoot an arrow there or come before it with a shield or cast up a siege mound against it.

“Prepare buckler and shield, and advance for battle!

Advance, O horses, and rage, O chariots! Let the warriors go out: men of Cush and Put who handle the shield, men of Lud, skilled in handling the bow.

“Sharpen the arrows! Take up the shields! The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because his purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it, for that is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance for his temple.

And they shall come against you from the north with chariots and wagons and a host of peoples. They shall set themselves against you on every side with buckler, shield, and helmet; and I will commit the judgment to them, and they shall judge you according to their judgments.

He will kill with the sword your daughters on the mainland. He will set up a siege wall against you and throw up a mound against you, and raise a roof of shields against you.

“Persia and Lud and Put were in your army as your men of war. They hung the shield and helmet in you; they gave you splendor.

Men of Arvad and Helech were on your walls all around, and men of Gamad were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls all around; they made perfect your beauty.

And I will turn you about and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great host, all of them with buckler and shield, wielding swords.

Persia, Cush, and Put are with them, all of them with shield and helmet;

“Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out and make fires of the weapons and burn them, shields and bucklers, bow and arrows, clubs and spears; and they will make fires of them for seven years,

The shield of his mighty men is red; his soldiers are clothed in scarlet. The chariots come with flashing metal on the day he musters them; the cypress spears are brandished.

In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one;