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- etc. Heb. between the joints and between the breast 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. "And a [certain] manª drewª° a bowª at a venture,ª and smoteª°¹ the kingª of Israelª between¹ the jointsª of the harness:ª wherefore he saidª° unto the driver of his chariot,ª Turnª° thine hand,ª and carry me outª° of¹ the host;ª for¹ I am wounded.ª° ... And the battleª increasedª° that¹ day:ª and the kingª was¹ stayed upª° in his chariotª againstª the Syrians,ª and diedª° at even:ª and the bloodª ran outª° of the woundª into¹ the midstª of the chariot.ª" {1Kg 22:34-35}
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