An offensive weapon 2Sa 23:8,18
First mention of, in Scripture Jos 8:18
PARTS OF MENTIONED
The staff of wood 1Sa 17:7
The head of iron or brass 1Sa 17:7; 2Sa 21:16
Probably pointed at both ends 2Sa 2:23
Called the glittering spear Job 39:23; Hab 3:11
DIFFERENT KINDS OF
Lances Jer 50:42
Darts 2Sa 18:14; Job 41:26,29
Those who used, called spearmen Ps 68:30; Ac 23:23
Frequently used by horse soldiers Na 3:3
Furbished before war Jer 46:4
Pruning-hooks made into, before war Joe 3:10
Made into pruning-hooks in peace Isa 2:4; Mic 4:3
THE ISRAELITES
Acquainted with the making of 1Sa 13:19
Frequently used Ne 4:13,16
Ill provided with, in the times of Deborah and Saul Jud 5:8; 1Sa 13:22
Provided by the kings of Israel in great abundance 2Ch 11:12; 32:5
Frequently thrown from the hand 1Sa 18:11; 19:10
Often retained in the hand of the person using Nu 25:7; 2Sa 2:23
Stuck in the ground beside the bolster during sleep 1Sa 26:7-11
Illustrative of the bitterness of the wicked Ps 57:4