In this video Dr Woodhead discusses the various weaponry used in the battle. The primary weapon of the Scythians was their short composite bow, which could fire an arrow up to eighty yards. When they hunted birds, the Scythians used a fine arrowhead, as they aimed for the eyes. When they shot at other warriors, however, the Scythians used barbed arrowheads designed to tear a wound open on the way out. They also brewed their own poisons for their arrow tips, a mixture of snake venom, putrefied human blood, and, to hasten infection, dung. The secondary weapons of the Scythians were the sagaris, a curved battle-axe, and the akinakes, a curved short-sword. Arrows, chariots, and horsemen all have contemporary usage in modern day warfare. The Hebrew word used for horsemen is parash. It is Strong’s # 6571 where Dr. Strong says it means a steed as stretched out to a vehicle and collectively with multiple units, which are called cavalry. Calvary is a term for modern day armed forces using mechanized armored vehicles. Arrows are chets in Hebrew and have a Strong’s listing as #2671. The Baker-Carpenter Old testament Word Study dictionary views arrow as a military missile shot from a bow. Finally the Hebrew language has two words for chariot. One is bk,r, (rekev) which is a masculine noun referring to a group of chariots. It is Strong’s #7393. The other is hb’Kr.m, (merkeva) a feminine noun and it is Strong’s # 4818. While the rekev is used in Ezekiel, other prophetic books such as Joel and Micah utilize the merkeva. Both have similar usage as war vehicles. In fact each noun has the same root (b K r) consonants and the feminine noun Merkeva is grammatically modified according to proper Hebrew morphology. They are essentially the same word. The point of interest for us in this study is the fact that the modern Israeli army has chosen to call their tanks merkevas. The discussion on timing of the invasion is also started here.
