bows

The vowes of the mightie men are broken, and they that stumbled are girt with strength.

They were armed with bowes, and could vse both the right hand and the left, in hurling stones, and shooting arrowes out of a bow, euen of Sauls brethren of Beniamin.

And Asa had an armie of men that bare targets and speares, out of Iudah three hundred thousand, and out of Beniamin, that bare shields and drew bowes, two hundred and fourescore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.

And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the hoste, shields, and speares, and helmets, and habergions, and bowes, and slings to cast stones.

1611 marginal noteHeb. stones of slings.

¶ Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I euen set the people, after their families, with their swords, their speares, and their bowes.

1611 marginal noteHeb. from the lower parts of the place, &c.

And it came to passe from that time forth, that the halfe of my seruants wrought in the worke, and the other halfe of them held both the speares, the shields and the bowes, and the habergeons, and the rulers were behind all the house of Iudah.

Their sword shall enter into their owne heart, and their bowes shall be broken.

Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bowes to shoote their arrowes, euen bitter words:

1611 marginal notePsal.11.3.

The children of Ephraim being armed, and carying bowes, turned backe in the day of battell.

1611 marginal noteHebr. throwing foorth.

Whose arrowes are sharpe, and all their bowes bent, their horses hoofs shall bee counted like flint, and their wheeles like a whirlewind.