Jeremiah 46:4
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4 Harness the horses;
mount the steeds!
Take your stations with helmets on,
whet the lances,
put on coats of mail!
Ezekiel 21:9-11
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9 Mortal, prophesy and say: Thus says the Lord; say:
A sword, a sword is sharpened;
it is also polished;(A)
10 it is sharpened for slaughter,
honed to flash like lightning!
How can we make merry?
You have despised the rod
and all discipline.[a]
11 The sword[b] is given to be polished
to be grasped in the hand;
it is sharpened; the sword is polished
to be placed in the slayer’s hand.
Jeremiah 51:3
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3 Let not the archer bend his bow,
and let him not array himself in his coat of mail.
Do not spare her young men;
utterly destroy her entire army.(A)
Ezekiel 21:28
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28 As for you, mortal, prophesy, and say: Thus says the Lord God concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach; say:
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- 21.28 Cn: Heb to contain
Nehemiah 4:16
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16 From that day on, half of my servants worked on construction, and half held the spears, shields, bows, and body-armor, and the leaders posted themselves behind the whole house of Judah
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2 Chronicles 26:14
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14 Uzziah provided for all the army the shields, spears, helmets, coats of mail, bows, and stones for slinging.
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1 Samuel 17:38
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38 Saul clothed David with his armor; he put a bronze helmet on his head and clothed him with a coat of mail.
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1 Samuel 17:5
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5 He had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze.
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