2 Chronicles 18:33 (KJV)

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And a certain man drew a bow at a venture and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness therefore he said to his chariot man Turn thine hand that thou mayest carry me out of the host for I am wounded

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a certain man. 1Ki 22:34

at a venture. Heb. in his simplicity. 2Sa 15:11

between the, etc. Heb. between the joints and between thebreast plate. The {shiryon,} in Syriac, {sheryono,} seems to have covered both the back and breast of the warrior, and was consequently not properly a breast-plate, but a coat of mail or corslet. The corslet was made of flax or of wool woven very thick, of ox-hide, of brass, or of iron. The metallic corslet consisted not of solid piece, but of scales, hooks, or rings, connected like the links of a chain, that the warrior might move with greater ease. It was between the joints of this harness that Ahab received his mortal wound. 1Ki 22:34 1Ki 22:35

wounded. Heb. made sick. 2Ch 35:23

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