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the place in which armour was deposited when not used (Nehemiah 3:19; Jeremiah 50:25). At first each man of the Hebrews had his own arms, because all went to war. There were no arsenals or magazines for arms till the time of David, who had a large collection of arms, which he consecrated to the Lord in his tabernacle (1 Sa,. 21:9; 2 Samuel 8:7-12; 1 Chronicles 26:26, 27).

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