<p class="bodytext">From Benjamin, Eliada, a skilled warrior, led 200,000 men who were equipped with bows and shields,

<p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> God is our sovereign protector.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> bestows favor<n id="2" /> and honor;p> <p class="poetry">he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.<n id="3" />p>

They will attack<n id="1" /> you with weapons,<n id="2" /> chariots, wagons, and with a huge army;<n id="3" /> they will array themselves against you on every side with large shields, small shields, and helmets. I will assign them the task of judgment;<n id="4" /> they will punish you according to their laws.

I will turn you around, put hooks into your jaws, and bring you out with all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them fully armed, a great company with shields of different types,<n id="1" /> all of them armed with swords.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;Then those who live in the cities of Israel will go out and use the weapons for kindling<n id="1" /> &#8211; the shields,<n id="2" /> bows and arrows, war clubs and spears &#8211; they will burn them for seven years.