“The Book of Mormon mentions a number of different types of weapons including swords, cimeters (scimitars), clubs, axes, daggers, bows and arrows, slings, spears, javelins, and darts, along with numerous generic references to ‘weapons of war’ (Jarom 1:8).
“Many of the references to swords and perhaps other weapons are probably metaphorical rather than literal. Thus to ‘take my sword’ (Alma 60:28) might mean simply to go to war rather than actually picking up a sword; to ‘fall by the sword’ (2 Ne. 13:25) is probably a metaphor for dying in battle” (Largey, Book of Mormon Reference Companion, 783–84).