Verse 8

All of them are skilled with a sword, well-trained in the art of warfare. Each has his sword at his side, to guard against the terrors of the night.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 45:3 : 3 Strap your sword to your thigh, O warrior! Appear in your majestic splendor!
• Ps 91:5 : 5 You need not fear the terrors of the night, the arrow that flies by day,
• Ps 149:5-9 : 5 Let the godly rejoice because of their vindication! Let them shout for joy upon their beds! 6 May the praises of God be in their mouths and a two-edged sword in their hands, 7 in order to take revenge on the nations, and punish foreigners. 8 They bind their kings in chains, and their nobles in iron shackles, 9 and execute the judgment to which their enemies have been sentenced. All his loyal followers will be vindicated. Praise the LORD!
• Isa 27:3 : 3 I, the LORD, protect it; I water it regularly. I guard it night and day, so no one can harm it.
• Eph 6:16-18 : 16 and in all of this, by taking up the shield of faith with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit(which is the word of God). 18 With every prayer and petition, pray at all times in the Spirit, and to this end be alert, with all perseverance and petitions for all the saints.
• 1 Thess 5:6-8 : 6 So then we must not sleep as the rest, but must stay alert and sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night and those who get drunk are drunk at night. 8 But since we are of the day, we must stay sober by putting on the breastplate of faith and love and as a helmet our hope for salvation.
• Neh 4:21-22 : 21 So we worked on, with half holding spears, from dawn till dusk. 22 At that time I instructed the people,“Let every man and his coworker spend the night in Jerusalem and let them be guards for us by night and workers by day.”