Elisha told him, “Take a bow and some arrows,” and he did so. ¹ 

They were armed with bows and could shoot arrows or sling stones right or left-handed. They were fellow tribesmen of Saul from Benjamin. ¹ ) These were: ² 

The bows of warriors are shattered, but those who stumble find their strength reinforced.

If he flees from an iron weapon, then an arrow ¹  from a bronze bow pierces him.

My glory ¹  will always be fresh ²  in me, and my bow ever new in my hand.’

Their swords will pierce ¹  their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

They were unfaithful ¹  and acted as treacherously as ²  their ancestors; they were as unreliable as a malfunctioning bow. ³ 

He drew ¹  his bow and made me ²  the target for his arrow.

Whenever ¹  I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,

He trains ¹  my hands for battle; ²  my arms can bend even the strongest bow. ³ 

He trains my hands for battle; ¹  my arms can bend even the strongest bow. ² 

For I do not trust in my bow, and I do not prevail by my sword.

The Ephraimites ¹  were armed with bows, ²  but they retreated in the day of battle. ³ 

I will knock your bow out of your left hand and make your arrows fall from your right hand.

I will place ¹  my rainbow ²  in the clouds, and it will become ³  a guarantee of the covenant between me and the earth.

God was with the boy as he grew. He lived in the wilderness and became an archer.

Therefore, take your weapons – your quiver and your bow – and go out into the open fields and hunt down some wild game ¹  for me.

Saul himself was in the thick of the battle; ¹  the archers ²  spotted him and wounded him severely.

(He gave instructions that the people of Judah should be taught “The Bow.” ¹  Indeed, it is written down in the Book of Yashar.) ² 

The battle was thick ¹  around Saul; the archers spotted him and wounded him. ²