They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow: they were of Sha'ul's brothers of Binyamin.
Psalm 78:9 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) The children of Efrayim, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The children of Ephraim were armed and carrying bows, yet they turned back in the day of battle. American Standard Version (1901) The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle. Common English Bible The children of Ephraim, armed with bows, retreated on the day of battle. Catholic Public Domain Version Help us, O God, our Savior. And free us, Lord, for the glory of your name. And forgive us our sins for the sake of your name. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Help us, O God, our saviour: and for the glory of thy name, O Lord, deliver us: and forgive us our sins for thy name's sake: |
They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow: they were of Sha'ul's brothers of Binyamin.
but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
He said to him, *Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death!*
The men of Yisra'el turned in the battle, and Binyamin began to strike and kill of the men of Yisra'el about thirty persons; for they said, Surely they are struck down before us, as in the first battle.
Ga`al the son of `Eved said, Who is Avimelekh, and who is Shekhem, that we should serve him? Isn't he the son of Yerubba`al? and Zevul his officer? serve you the men of Chamor the father of Shekhem: but why should we serve him?
Now the Pelishtim fought against Yisra'el: and the men of Yisra'el fled from before the Pelishtim, and fell down slain on Mount Gilboa.
The Pelishtim fought, and Yisra'el was struck, and they fled every man to his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Yisra'el thirty thousand footmen.