SHIELD

S HIE LD used in defensive warfare, varying at different times and under different circumstances in size, form, and material (1 Samuel 17=>7; 2 Samuel 1=>21; 1 Kings 10=>17; 1 Chronicles 12=>8, 24, 34; Isaiah 22=>6; Ezekiel 39=>9; Nahum 2=>3). Used figuratively of God and of earthly princes as the defenders of their people (Genesis 15=>1; Deuteronomy 33=>29; Psalm 33=>20; 84=>11). Faith is compared to a shield (Ephesians 6=>16). Shields were usually “anointed” (Isaiah 21=>5), in order to preserve them, and at the same time make the missiles of the enemy glide off them more easily.