Abram Promised a Son

After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not fear, Abram, I am a shield to you; Your reward shall be very great.”

Of Benjamin he said, “May the beloved of the Lord live in security beside Him Who shields him all the day long, And he lives between His shoulders.”

Blessed are you, Israel; Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord, The shield of your help, And He who is the sword of your majesty! So your enemies will cringe before you, And you will trample on their high places.”

New gods were chosen; Then war was in the gates. Not a shield or a spear was seen Among forty thousand in Israel.

The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and the head of his spear weighed six hundred shekels of iron; and his shield-carrier walked in front of him.

Then the Philistine came and approached David, with the shield-bearer in front of him.

Mountains of Gilboa, May there be no dew nor rain on you, or fields of offerings! For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, The shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.

David took the shields of gold which 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.

As for God, His way is blameless; The word of the Lord is refined; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

You have also given me the shield of Your salvation, And Your help makes me great.

King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold, using six hundred shekels of gold on each large shield.

And he made three hundred small shields of beaten gold, using three minas of gold on each shield; and the king put them in the house of the timber of Lebanon.

And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s house, and he took everything; he even took all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

So King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place, and entrusted them to the care of the commanders of the guard who guarded the doorway of the king’s house.

Then the priest gave the captains of hundreds the spears and shields that had been King David’s, which were in the house of the Lord.

‘Therefore this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria: “He will not come to this city nor shoot an arrow there; and he will not come before it with a shield nor heap up an assault ramp against it.

The sons of Reuben, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, consisting of valiant men, men who carried shield and sword and shot with a bow and were skillful in battle, totaled 44,760 who went to war.

From the Gadites valiant mighty men went over to David at the stronghold in the wilderness, men trained for war who could handle a large shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the gazelles on the mountains.

The sons of Judah who carried shield and spear numbered 6,800, equipped for war.

From Naphtali there were a thousand captains, and with them thirty-seven thousand with shield and spear.

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

King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold, using six hundred shekels of beaten gold on each large shield.

He made three hundred shields of beaten gold, using three hundred shekels of gold on each shield; and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

He put shields and spears in every city and strengthened them greatly. So he held Judah and Benjamin.