Sling

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NET Glossary: a projectile weapon used to throw a blunt missle like a stone

Sling [EBD]

With a sling and a stone David smote the Philistine giant (1 Sam. 17:40, 49). There were 700 Benjamites who were so skilled in its use that with the left hand they "could sling stones at a hair breadth, and not miss" (Judg. 20:16; 1 Chr. 12:2). It was used by the Israelites in war (2 Kings 3:25). (See ARMS.)

The words in Prov. 26:8, "As he that bindeth a stone in a sling," etc. (Authorized Version), should rather, as in the Revised Version, be "As a bag of gems in a heap of stones," etc.

Sling [NAVE]

SLING
Used for throwing stones, Prov. 26:8.
David slays Goliath with, 1 Sam. 17:40-50.
Dexterous use of, Judg. 20:16.
Used in war, Judg. 20:16; 2 Kin. 3:25; 2 Chr. 26:14.
See: Armies; Arms.

SLING [SMITH]

[ARMS, ARMOR]

SLING [ISBE]

SLING - See ARMOR, III, 2.