. A dictionary of religious knowledge [electronic resource]: for popular and professional use, comprising full information on Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical subjects . Assyrian Bow, Arrow, and Quivers. and well stocked with arrows. These arrowswere carefully sharpened, and appear to havebeen sometimes barbed, and poisoned, or tip- ped with burning matter. Possibly bolts andstones, as well as arrows, were dischargedfrom the bow. Such bows would be like thecross-bows of the Middle Ages. Larger en-gines for this purpose were devised by Uz-ziahs 5. The sling was made ofplaite
. A dictionary of religious knowledge [electronic resource]: for popular and professional use, comprising full information on Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical subjects . Assyrian Bow, Arrow, and Quivers. and well stocked with arrows. These arrowswere carefully sharpened, and appear to havebeen sometimes barbed, and poisoned, or tip- ped with burning matter. Possibly bolts andstones, as well as arrows, were dischargedfrom the bow. Such bows would be like thecross-bows of the Middle Ages. Larger en-gines for this purpose were devised by Uz-ziahs 5. The sling was made ofplaited thongs, broad in the middle, to holdthe missile securely. This simple weapon,with which David killed the giant Philistine,was the natural attendant of a in the monarchy, slingers formed partof the regular Of defensive armor we find several kindsmentioned in the Bible: 1. The coat of mailof Goliath (1 Sam. xvii. 5, properly, clothedwith a harness of scales). It was made. Coat of , Egyptian tegulated; 2, Sleeve of ring-mail, IoniaD. of small plates of metal, fastened closely to-gether, though sometimes for the breastplateprepared leather was used. It was a mailedcoat that Ahab wore. The same originalword is rendered habergeon in Neh. iv., habergeon, mentioned in reference tothe gown of the high-priest is supposed tohave been of linen, thickly woven or quilt- 1 Gen. xxvii., 3; xlviii., 22; xlix., 23, 24—2 , 34
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