קֶ֫שֶׁת

The battle went hard against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers.

(and he commanded them to teach the children of Judah the song of the bow; behold, it is written in the book of Jashar):

From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, Jonathan’s bow didn’t turn back. Saul’s sword didn’t return empty.

He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.

A certain man drew his bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor. Therefore he said to the driver of his chariot, “Turn your hand, and carry me out of the battle; for I am severely wounded.”

He answered, “You shall not strike them. Would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.”

Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and struck Joram between his arms; and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.

Elisha said to him, “Take bow and arrows;” and he took bow and arrows for himself.

Elisha said to him, “Take bow and arrows;” and he took bow and arrows for himself.

He said to the king of Israel, “Put your hand on the bow;” and he put his hand on it. Elisha laid his hands on the king’s hands.

The sons of Reuben, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skillful in war, were forty-four thousand seven hundred sixty, that were able to go out to war.

The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons, and sons’ sons, one hundred fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.

The battle went hard against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was distressed by reason of the archers.

They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow. They were of Saul’s relatives of the tribe of Benjamin.

They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow. They were of Saul’s relatives of the tribe of Benjamin.

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;

A certain man drew his bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor. Therefore he said to the driver of the chariot, “Turn your hand, and carry me out of the army; for I am severely wounded.”

Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the army, shields, spears, helmets, coats of mail, bows, and stones for slinging.

Therefore I set guards in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places. I set the people by family groups with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

From that time forth, half of my servants did the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

He will flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow will strike him through.

My glory is fresh in me. My bow is renewed in my hand.’

The arrow can’t make him flee. Sling stones are like chaff to him.

If a man doesn’t repent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow.

For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill those who are upright on the path.

Their sword shall enter into their own heart. Their bows shall be broken.

For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

He makes wars cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow, and shatters the spear. He burns the chariots in the fire.

but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were twisted like a deceitful bow.

There he broke the flaming arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the weapons of war.

The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent. Their horses’ hoofs will be like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind.

People will go there with arrows and with bow, because all the land will be briers and thorns.

Their bows will dash the young men in pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb. Their eyes will not spare children.

For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the heat of battle.

and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, will be few; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has spoken it.”

All your rulers fled away together. They were bound by the archers. All who were found by you were bound together. They fled far away.