The <sc>Lordsc> ordered the messenger<n id="1" /> to put his sword back into its sheath.p>

<p class="poetry">It ranks first among the works of God,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the One who made itp> <p class="poetry">has furnished it with a sword.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You turn back<n id="1" /> his sword from the adversary,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and have not sustained him in battle.<n id="3" />p>

Then David instructed his men, &#8220;Each of you strap on your sword!&#8221; So each one strapped on his sword, and David also strapped on his sword. About four hundred men followed David up, while two hundred stayed behind with the equipment.p>

So the rulers of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings which had not been dried and they tied him up with them.

The builders to a man had their swords strapped to their sides while they were building. But the trumpeter<n id="1" /> remained with me.p>

<p class="poetry">If a person<n id="1" /> does not repent, God sharpens his sword<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and prepares to shoot his bow.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">All of them are skilled with a sword,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">well-trained in the art of warfare.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Each has his sword at his side,p> <p class="poetry">to guard against the terrors of the night.p>

<p class="poetry">Be amazed at this, O heavens!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Be shocked and utterly dumbfounded,&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">says the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="poetry">A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s work!p> <p class="poetry">A curse on anyone who keeps from carrying out his destruction!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Kill all her soldiers!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Let them be slaughtered!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They are doomed,<n id="3" /> for their day of reckoning<n id="4" /> has come,p> <p class="poetry">the time for them to be punished.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">In Noah&#8217;s six hundred and first year,<n id="1" /> in the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth, and Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that<n id="2" /> the surface of the ground was dry.

He ordered Jether his firstborn son, &#8220;Come on!<n id="1" /> Kill them!&#8221; But Jether was too afraid to draw his sword,<n id="2" /> because he was still young.

Samson said to her, &#8220;If they tie me up with seven fresh<n id="1" /> bowstrings<n id="2" /> that have not been dried, I will become weak and be just like any other man.&#8221;

Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with the rest of his gear, including his sword, his bow, and even his belt.p>

When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died with him.

<p class="poetry">Who stirs up this one from the east?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Who<n id="2" /> officially commissions him for service?<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">He hands nations over to him,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and enables him to subdue<n id="5" /> kings.p> <p class="poetry">He makes them like dust with his sword,p> <p class="poetry">like windblown straw with his bow.<n id="6" />p>

In three days, when they were still in pain, two of Jacob&#8217;s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah&#8217;s brothers, each took his sword<n id="1" /> and went to the unsuspecting city<n id="2" /> and slaughtered every male.

and he said to them, &#8220;Thus says the <sc>Lord,sc> the God of Israel, &#8216;Each man fasten<n id="1" /> his sword on his side, and go back and forth<n id="2" /> from entrance to entrance throughout the camp, and each one kill his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

David strapped on his sword over his fighting attire and tried to walk around, but he was not used to them.<n id="1" /> David said to Saul, &#8220;I can&#8217;t walk in these things, for I&#8217;m not used to them.&#8221; So David removed them.