Shield Defensive armor.
Different kinds of, designated as buckler, shield, target
Psalms 35:2; Ezekiel 38:4
Used by:
- Saul
2 Samuel 1:21
- The Benjamites
2 Chronicles 14:8; 2 Chronicles 17:17
Uzziah equipped the children of Israel with
2 Chronicles 26:14
Made of:
- Made of:
1 Kings 14:27
- Gold
2 Samuel 8:7; 1 Kings 10:17; 2 Chronicles 9:16
- Wood
Ezekiel 39:10
Made with bosses
Job 15:26
Stored in:
- Armories
2 Kings 10:17; 2 Chronicles 11:12; 2 Chronicles 32:5; 2 Chronicles 32:27
- The tabernacle
2 Kings 11:10; 2 Chronicles 23:9
Covered when not in use
Isaiah 22:6
Painted red
Nahum 2:3
Arms
Figurative:
- Of God's protection
Genesis 15:1; Deuteronomy 33:29; 2 Samuel 22:3; 2 Samuel 22:36; Psalms 5:12; Psalms 18:2; Psalms 18:35; Psalms 33:20; Psalms 59:11; Psalms 84:9; Psalms 84:11; Psalms 89:18; Proverbs 30:5
- Of God's truth
Psalms 91:4
- Of an entire army
Jeremiah 46:3