Credit: Dbachmann
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Comments: Sickle sword (Khopesh) from Shechem (Nablus); Deposits of electron, c. 1750 BC, State. Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich.
Credit: RootOfAllLight
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Comments: Reconstruction of an ancient Assyrian sickle sword. Despite the typical material usually being bronze, this one has an iron blade. The hilt is made of wood. 54.3 cm, 1307-1275 BC (Metropolitan Museum of Arts).
Credit: MatthiasKabel
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Comments: Roman gladius 70 a.C. The background should not show a real Roman fortress. Photographed by myself during a show of Legio XV from Pram, Austria.
From Easton: of the Hebrew was pointed, sometimes two-edged, was worn in a sheath, and suspended from the girdle (Exodus 32:27; 1 Samuel 31:4; 1 Chronicles 21:27; Psalms 149:6: Proverbs 5:4; Ezekiel 16:40; Ezekiel 21:3-5).
It is a symbol of divine chastisement (Deuteronomy 32:25; Psalms 7:12; Psalms 78:62), and of a slanderous tongue (Psalms 57:4; Psalms 64:3; Proverbs 12:18). The word of God is likened also to a sword (Hebrews 4:12; Ephesians 6:17; Revelation 1:16). Gideon's watchword was, "The sword of the Lord" (Judges 7:20).