Bow

A Bow without an arrow would be a useless weapon. Even though an arrow in not mentioned, it is assumed to be in the bow. The bow is mentioned in Scripture over 90 times:
Appears in Genesis
Genesis 27:3, 48:22, 49:24
Appears in Joshua
Joshua 24:12
And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
Appears in 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 2:4 , 18:4 , 20:38
Appears in 2 Samuel
2 Samuel 1:18, 1:22 , 22:35
Appears in 1 Kings
1 Kings 22:34
And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
Appears in 2 Kings
2 Kings 6:22 , 9:24 , 13:15-18
Appears in 1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 5:18, 12:2
Appears in 2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 17:17, 18:33, 26:14-15
Appears in Nehemiah
Nehemiah 4:13, 4:16
Appears in Job
Job 20:24, 29:20
Appears in Psalm
Psalm 7:12-13, 11:2, 18:34, 37:14, 37:15, 38:2, 44:6, 46:9, 58:7, 64:3. 76:3
Psalm 78:9 , 78:57
Appears in Isaiah
Isaiah 5:28, 7:24, 13:18, 21:15, 41:2 , 66:19

Appears in Jeremiah
Jeremiah 6:23, 46:9, 49:35, 50:14, 50:29, 50:42, 51:3, 51:56
Appears in Lamentations
Lamentations 2:4, 3:12-13
Appears in Ezekiel
Ezekiel 39:3, 39:9
Appears in Hosea
Hosea 1:5, 1:7, 2:18, 7:16
Appears in Amos
Amos 2:15
Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.
Appears in Habakkuk
Habakkuk 3:9-11
Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.…. The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
Appears in Zechariah
Zechariah 9:10, 9:13-14, 10:4
AND Finally in the New Testament
Revelation 6:2
And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.

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