weapons, battle, armory. The word refers to a variety of weapons, both offensive (bows, arrows, spears, and clubs) and defensive (shields). Weapons were sometimes given as gifts (1 Kgs. 10:25; 2 Chr. 9:24); and were kept in the palace Solomon built (Isa. 22:8); thus, they probably involved a high level of craftsmanship and were sometimes made of precious metals (cf. 1 Kgs. 10:16, 17, shields of gold); as well as iron and bronze (Job 20:24). In Nehemiah 3:19, the word means armory, a place where weapons