After these things Yahweh’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”

You are happy, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, the shield of your help, the sword of your excellency? Your enemies will submit themselves to you. You will tread on their high places.”

They chose new gods. Then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

The staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron. His shield bearer went before him.

The Philistine walked and came near to David; and the man who bore the shield went before him.

You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain on you, and no fields of offerings; For there the shield of the mighty was defiled and cast away, The shield of Saul was not anointed with oil.

David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

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

As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tested. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your gentleness has made me great.

he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three minas of gold went to one shield; and the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

and he took away the treasures of Yahweh’s house, and the treasures of the king’s house. He even took away all of it, including all the gold shields which Solomon had made.

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

The priest delivered to the captains over hundreds the spears and shields that had been king David’s, which were in Yahweh’s house.

“Therefore Yahweh says concerning the king of Assyria, ‘He will not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there. He will not come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.

Some Gadites joined David in the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, who could handle shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the gazelles on the mountains:

The children of Judah who bore shield and spear were six thousand eight hundred, armed for war.

Of Naphtali: one thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty-seven thousand.

David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

He made three hundred shields of beaten gold. Three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

He put shields and spears in every city, and made them exceedingly strong. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem and took away the treasures of Yahweh’s house and the treasures of the king’s house. He took it all away. He also took away the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

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

Asa had an army of three hundred thousand out of Judah who bore bucklers and spears, and two hundred eighty thousand out of Benjamin who bore shields and drew bows. All these were mighty men of valor.

From Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;