Topic
Shields
36 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 15:1Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — Protection of God
After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
- Judges 5:8Torrey Were scarce in Israel in the days of Deborah and Barak
They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
- 1 Samuel 17:7Torrey KINDS OF — Often borne by an armour bearer
And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
- 2 Samuel 1:21Torrey BEFORE WAR — Anointed
Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
- 2 Samuel 8:7Torrey FREQUENTLY MADE OF, OR COVERED WITH — Gold
And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 22:36Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — Salvation of God
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.
- 1 Kings 10:17Torrey FREQUENTLY MADE OF, OR COVERED WITH — Gold
And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
- 1 Kings 14:27Torrey FREQUENTLY MADE OF, OR COVERED WITH — Brass
And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king’s house.
- 1 Chronicles 5:18Torrey KINDS OF — The buckler or target
¶ The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.
- 1 Chronicles 12:8Torrey Many of the Israelites used, with expertness
And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the…
- 1 Chronicles 12:24Torrey Many of the Israelites used, with expertness
The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.
- 1 Chronicles 12:34Torrey Many of the Israelites used, with expertness
And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.
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- 2 Chronicles 9:15 Torrey KINDS OF — The buckler or target
- 2 Chronicles 9:16 Torrey KINDS OF — The small shield
- 2 Chronicles 11:12 Torrey Provided by the kings of Israel in great abundance
- 2 Chronicles 14:8 Torrey Many of the Israelites used, with expertness
- 2 Chronicles 25:5 Torrey Many of the Israelites used, with expertness
- 2 Chronicles 26:14 Torrey Provided by the kings of Israel in great abundance
- 2 Chronicles 32:5 Torrey Provided by the kings of Israel in great abundance
- Psalms 5:12 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — Favour of God
- Psalms 18:35 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — Salvation of God
- Psalms 33:20 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — Protection of God
- Psalms 47:9 Torrey Said to belong to God
- Psalms 91:4 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — Truth of God
- Psalms 115:9 Torrey A part of defensive armour
- Psalms 140:7 Torrey A part of defensive armour
- Song of Songs 4:4 Torrey In times of peace were hung up in towers or armouries
- Isaiah 21:5 Torrey BEFORE WAR — Anointed
- Isaiah 22:6 Torrey BEFORE WAR — Uncovered
- Jeremiah 46:3 Torrey BEFORE WAR — Repaired
- Jeremiah 51:11 Torrey BEFORE WAR — Gathered together
- Ezekiel 26:8 Torrey KINDS OF — The buckler or target
- Ezekiel 27:10 Torrey In times of peace were hung up in towers or armouries
- Ezekiel 39:9 Torrey Of the vanquished, often burned
- Nahum 2:3 Torrey BEFORE WAR — Often made red
- Ephesians 6:16 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — Faith
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 37 references, grouped by sub-topic
- A part of defensive armour Ps 115:9; 140:7
- FREQUENTLY MADE OF, OR COVERED WITH
- Said to belong to God Ps 47:9
- KINDS OF
- BEFORE WAR
- Provided by the kings of Israel in great abundance 2Ch 11:12; 26:14; 32:5
- A disgrace to lose, or throw away 2Sa 1:21
- Of the vanquished, often burned Eze 39:9
- In times of peace were hung up in towers or armouries Eze 27:10; So 4:4
- Were scarce in Israel in the days of Deborah and Barak Jud 5:8
- Many of the Israelites used, with expertness 1Ch 12:8,24,34; 2Ch 14:8; 25:5
- ILLUSTRATIVE OF
Texts: Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.