Sling:
With a sling and a stone David smote the Philistine giant (1Sa 17:40,49). There were 700 Benjamites who were so skilled in its use that with the left hand they "could sling stones at a hair breadth, and not miss" (Jdg 20:16; 1Ch 12:2). It was used by the Israelites in war (2Ki 3:25). (See ARMS.)
The words in Pro 26:8, "As he that bindeth a stone in a sling," etc. (Authorized Version), should rather, as in the Revised Version, be "As a bag of gems in a heap of stones," etc.
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