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Sling (#111306)
Sling
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From:
Boyd's Bible Dictionary: S
By:
James P. Boyd
Narrator:
Chris Genthree
Duration:
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The weapons of shepherds and light troops
It consisted of leather or sinew strings with a pouch at the end for the missile (
Judg. 20:16
16
Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss. (Judges 20:16)
;
1 Sam. 17:40
40
And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine. (1 Samuel 17:40)
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