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556. Heavy Axes

From: Manners and Customs of the Bible By: James M. Freeman

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Jeremiah 46:22²²The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood. (Jeremiah 46:22). They shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.

Kardom was a name given to an ax which seems to have been used especially for cutting down trees, and is thought to have had a heavier head than other axes. It is mentioned in Judges 9:48⁴⁸And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done. (Judges 9:48); 1 Sam. 13:20²⁰But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock. (1 Samuel 13:20), and Psalm 74:5⁵A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. (Psalm 74:5).

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• 561. Battle Axes

• 562. Hanging by the Hand

• 563. Writing on Both Sides

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