Midras Habakuk 3:9: Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael, Shir HaShirim Rabbah, Sifrei Devarim & Bamidbar Rabbah

He revealed Himself to them as a rider, viz. (Ibid. 18:11) "And He mounted a cherub and flew, etc." He revealed Himself to them in mail and helmet, viz. (Isaiah 59:17) "He donned righteousness as mail, and a helmet of salvation on His head." He revealed Himself to them with a spear, viz. (Habakkuk 3:11) "by the light of the flash of Your spear," and (Psalms 35:3) "and draw spear and (don) buckler, etc." He revealed Himself to them with bow and arrows, viz. (Habakkuk 3:9) "The nakedness of Your bow will be revealed," and (II Samuel 22:15) "And He sent forth arrows, etc." He revealed Himself to them with shield and buckler, viz. (Psalms 91:4) "Shield and bucker is His Your truth, and (Ibid. 35:2) "Take up buckler and shield."

“Behold the bed of Solomon: sixty valiant men surround it, from the valiant of Israel, each armed with a sword, trained in war; each man, a sword on his thigh, from fear in the nights” (Song of Songs 3:7–8).
“Behold the bed of Solomon: sixty valiant men surround it,” Rabbi Beivai in the name of Rabbi Elazar ben Rabbi Yosei interpreted the verse regarding the Priestly Benediction. “Behold the bed [mitato],” behold his tribes [matotav] and his clans, just as it says: “The oaths to the tribes [matot]” (Habakkuk 3:9); “of Solomon [Shlomo],” of the king [of Whom it may be said that] peace [shalom] is His; “sixty valiant men surround it,” these are the sixty letters in the Priestly Benediction; “from the valiant of Israel,” as they bolster Israel.
“Each armed with a sword,” Rabbi Azarya said: Matters that are blessed with Might,⁸¹Each blessing contains the name of the mighty God. “may the Lord bless you” (Numbers 6:24), “may the Lord shine” (Numbers 6:25), “may the Lord lift” (Numbers 6:26). “Trained in war,” as they battle all sorts of calamities that exist in the world. “Each man, a sword on his thigh from fear in the nights,” for even if a person sees in his dream a sword cutting his thigh, what shall he do? He shall go to the synagogue, recite Shema, pray his prayer, hear the Priestly Benediction, and answer amen after them, and no evil matter will harm him. Therefore, He cautions the sons of Aaron and says to them: “So you shall bless the children of Israel” (Numbers 6:23).

Rabbi Simlai interpreted the verse regarding the priestly watches. “Behold the bed [mitato],” behold his tribes [matotav] and his clans, just as you say: “The oaths to the tribes [matot], sela” (Habakkuk 3:9); “of Solomon [Shlomo],” to the king [of Whom it may be said] that peace [shalom] is His; “sixty valiant men surround it,” these are the twenty-four priestly watches, the twenty-four Levite watches, and the twelve divisions; “from the valiant of Israel,” as they protect Israel. “Each armed with a sword,” Rabbi Ze’eira and Rabbi Yehuda [said] in the name of Shmuel: These are the Torah scholars who teach the priests ritual slaughter and the laws of sprinkling and collecting,⁸²Sprinkling and collecting the blood of animal offerings. and of the handful.⁸³The handful taken from the meal offering and burned on the altar. Rabbi Yitzḥak said in the name of Rabbi Ami: These are the inspectors of the blemishes of sacrificial animals, who collect their wages from the collection of the chamber.⁸⁴Each man would donate a half-shekel per year to the Temple treasury. The donations would be stored in a chamber. Periodically, a portion of the money would be collected from that chamber. These funds, known as the collection of the chamber, covering the running expenses of the Temple. The rest of the money was used for upkeep.
Rabbi Gidel bar Binyamin [said] in the name of Rabbi Yesa: There were in Jerusalem two judges of [cases concerning] robbery, and they would collect their wages from the collection of the chamber. Shmuel says: The women who would weave the curtain⁸⁵This refers to the curtain that separated the Temple Sanctuary from the Holy of Holies. would collect their wages from the collection of the chamber; Rav Ḥuna said: From the collection for Temple maintenance. This one [Shmuel] deems it like an offering. That one [Rav Huna] deems it like building. “Trained in war,” as [the Sages] would teach the priests how to perform the Temple service; “each armed with a sword…,” as they would caution them when they were slaughtering so that none of the offerings would be disqualified due to pigul,⁸⁶This is an offering that is disqualified when the priest performing one of the essential services of the offering thinks that another of the services will be performed, or the meat will be eaten, after the appointed time. and none of the offerings would be disqualified as leftovers.⁸⁷If an offering is not consumed within the appointed time, whatever is left becomes disqualified.