Dart (Hastings' Dictionary)

loab is said to have thrust three ' darts ' (-'r;'-^' shebhU/hn, I^XX /SAtj) into the heart of Absalom (2 S 18'<). Shehhel is, however, rather a shepherd's rod, which might be used as a club if one end were heavy and studded with nails (cf. Cheyne on Ps 23*), or as a rough spear if one end were pointed. Hezckiah (2 Ch 32^) made darts, ni?"f shela/i, in abundance for the defence of Jeru- salem. " Copi/right, 1S9S, by I In Job 41^' AV and RV give 'dart' for /f?

massa, a Hirai Xcyd/xcmi' of uncertain meaning. In 1 Mac G^' two kinds of darts are referred to as employed at a siege, and cast by engines — (a) ordinary bolts or large arrows ; (b) darts wrapped in some burning material. Ancient defences, being built largely of wood, were easily set on fire. In Kph e'" the suggestions of the evil one are called ^^\j) nevvpuiiiva, with an obvious allusion to the practice mentioned above. St.

Paul opposes Faith to the suggestions, as the soldier would oppose the great shield (_Svpe6s) to the darts. W. E. BAKNES.