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the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this. Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger.

Jer. xli, 13, 14. Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, then they were glad. So all the people that Ishmael bad carried away captive from Mizpah cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah.

ANCIENT VALOUR.

IN TROOPS. Josh. i, 14. Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses

gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them.

1 Chron. vii, 7, 9, 11, 40. And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi. and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Irl, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four. And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred. All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle. All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men.

2 Chron. Xili, 3. And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men:

Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight bunmighty men of valour.

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came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

Gen. xxxiv, 25-27. And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out. The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.

Judges xi, 1. Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.

Judges xv, 15-20. And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith. And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of an ass have I slain

a thousand men. And it came to

Josh. viii, 3. So Joshua arose, dred thousand chosen men, being Pass, when he had made an end of

and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night.

Josh. x, 7. So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valour.

2 Sam. x, 7. And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.

2 Sam. xvi, 6. And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and

on his left.

2 Sam. xx, 7. And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

1 Kings i, 8, 10. But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimel, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah. Bnt Nathan the prophet, and Benalah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called

not.

1 Chron. v, 24. And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiali, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers.

2 Chron. xxxii, 3. He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him.

Neh. xi, 14. And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred

twenty and eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men.

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P3. xxvii, 3. Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

Çant. iii, 7. Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the

valiant of Israel.

Nah. ii, 3. The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.

IN HEROES.
Gen. vi, 4. There were giants in
the earth in those days; and also
after that, when the sons of God

speaking, that he cast away the Jawbone out of his hend and called that place Rameth-lhi. And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised? But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day. And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

1 Sam. xvi, 18. Then answered one of the servants, and said,

Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.

1 Sam. xxvi, 15. And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in

Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord.

1 Kings i, 42. And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came; and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.

1 Kings xi, 28. And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the

young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.

2 Kings v, 1. Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master,, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.

1 Chron. vii, 2. And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred. 1 Chron. viii, 40. And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of

valour.

1 Chron. xi, 12-14, 26. And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties. He was with David at Pas-dammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines. And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance. Also the valiant men of the armies were Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth

lehem.

2 Chron. xvii, 17. And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of

valour.

RECORD OF DAVID'S
HEROES.

2 Sam. xxiii, 8-21, 23-39. These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adina the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time. And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away: He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword:and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; an the people returned after him only to spoil. And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.

But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory. And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim. And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem. And

David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate! And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD. And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men. And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three. Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three. And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lion-like men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow. And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard. Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem, Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite, Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite, Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite, Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash, Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite, Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel

the Gilonite, Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite, Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, Zelek the Ammonite, Nahari the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah, Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite, Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.

HEROINES.

Judges iv, 6-10, 14, 17, 18, 21, 22. And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying. Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun? And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand. And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go. And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh. And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet, and Deborah went up with him. And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand; is not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him. Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house And Jael of Heber the Kenite. went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle. Then Jael, Heber's wife, took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast So he died. asleep and weary. And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man And when whom thou seekest. he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.

Judges v, 24. Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

Judges ix, 50-52. Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it. But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower. And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire. And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's, head, and all to brake his scull. Judges xi, 35, 36. And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back. And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.

2 Sam. xi. 21. Who smote

Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

1 Sam. 11, 1. And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.

CHALLENGES.

Judges i, 12, 13. And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

1 Sam. xiv, 6. And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.

1 Sam. xvii, 8-11, 16, 23-33, 38-42, 45-51. And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me. If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail

against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us. And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together. When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and according spake to the same words: and David heard them. And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid. And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel. And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God? And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him. And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and thy naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause? And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner; and the people answered him again after the former manner. And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him. And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail. And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for

I have not proved them. Aul David put them off him. And he took his staff in his hand, and choose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had even in a scrip: and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine. And the Phili tine came on and drew near unte David; and the man that bare the shield went before him. And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance. Then said David to the Philistine. Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defiled. This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our hands. And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David husted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David. Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith.

And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.

2 Sam. ii, 13-16. And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon; and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool. And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise. Then there arose, and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David. And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side; so they

fell down together: wherefore | hearted? let him go and return | hold upon them; all the inhabl

that place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon.

2 Kings x, 2-4. Now, as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armour. Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house. But they were exceeding ly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?

2 Kings xlv, 8-12. Then Amazlah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehn, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face. And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down

the thistle. Thou hast indeed

smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shonldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee? But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jeloash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents..

COWARDICE.

Num. Xili, 31. But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than

we.

Num. xxii, 2, 3. And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of

the children of Israel.

unto his house, lest his brethren's
heart faint as well as his heart.

Josh. v, 1. And it came to pass,
when all the kings of the Amor-
ites, which were on the side of
Jordan westward, and all the
kings of the Canaanites, which
were by the sea, heard that the
LORD had dried up the waters of
Jordan from before the children
of Israel, until we were passed
over, that their heart melted,
neither was their spirit in them
any more, because of the children
of Israel.

Judges vil, 3. Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return, and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand, and there remained ten thousand.

1 Sam. vil, 7. And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel.

And when the children of Israel

heard it, they were afraid of the

Philistines.

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1 Sam. xiii, 6, 7. When the men
of Israel saw that they were in a
strait, (for the people were dis-
And some of
tressed.)
the Hebrews went over Jordan to
the land of Gad and Gilead. As
for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and
all the people followed him tremb-
ling.

1 Sam. xvii, 24. And all the men
of Israel, when they saw the man,
fled from him, and were sore
afraid.

1 Sam. xxiii, 3. And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: now much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philis

tines?

1 Sam. xxviii, 5. And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.

1 Kings xxii, 32. And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him; and Jehoshaphat cried out.

tants of Canaan shalt melt away. Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.

Exod. xxiii, 27. I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.

Lev. xxvi, 36, 37. And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their of their hearts in the lands enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth. And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth; and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.

Deut. ii, 25. This day will I be gin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall here report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.

Deut. xi, 25. There shall no man be able to stand before you; for the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.

Deut. xxviii, 7. The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.

Josh. ii, 9-11, 24. And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. For we up the water of the Red sea for have heard how the LORD dried you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath. And they said ENEMIES OF ISRAEL TO BE unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath PANIC STRICKEN. Exod. xv, 14-16. The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow Deut. xx, 8. And the officers shall take hold on the inhabitants Then the dukes of shall speak further unto the peo- of Palestina. Edom shall be amazed; the mighty ple, and they shall say, What man is there that is tearful and faint-men of Moab, trembling shall take

Num. xxxii, 8, 9. Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land. For when they went up unto the the valley of Eshcol, and saw land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.

.

Deut. 1, 28. Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart.

Matth. xxviii, 4. And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.

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delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.

1 Sam. xiv, 15. And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the

garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling.

1 Chron. xiv, 17. And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.

Esther ix, 2. The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.

Isa. xxx, 17. One thousand shall fee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee.

Jer. xlix, 5, 37. Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GoD of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth. For I will cause Elam their to be dismayed before enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them.

Ezek. xxxii, 9, 10. I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known. Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.

Obad. 9. And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.

ARMOUR.

USUALLY WORN BY SOLDIERS, AND COVETED BY THE VICTOR.

1 Sam. xvii, 54. And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he

put his armour in his tent.

1 Sam. xxi, 9. And the priest said, The sword of Goliah the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, It is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.

1 Sam. xxxi, 8-10. And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.

And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among And they put his the people. armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.

2 Sam. ii, 21. And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour.

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1 Kings xxii, 38. And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his

armour. •

KEPT IN A CITADEL. Neh. iii, 19. And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury.

Çant. iv, 4. Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.

Isa. xxii, 8. And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.

Isa. xxxix, 2. And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures.

CARRIED BY AN ESQUIRE.

Judges ix, 54. Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.

1 Sam. xiv, 7. And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy

heart.

1 Sam. xvi, 21. And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he be

came his armourbearer.

1 Sam. xxxi, 6. So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.

1 Sam. xiv, 1. Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father.

1 Sam. xxxi, 4, 5. Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through

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Luke xi, 22. But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.

Rom. xiil, 12. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

2 Cor. vi, 7. By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left.

THE CHRISTIAN ARMOUR

AND WEAPONS. Eph. vi, 11-17. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of For we wrestle not the devil.

against flesh and blood, but against powers, principalities, against against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God,that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to staud. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

THE VARIOUS PIECES OF ARMOUR. HELMET.

1 Sam. xvii, 5, 38. And he had an helmet of brass upon his head.

. And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head.

Isa. lix, 17. For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head.

Jer. xlvi, 4. Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and

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