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Sling

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: S By: James P. Boyd

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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. 20:16¹⁶Among 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. 17:40⁴⁰And 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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