18 The next division headed toward the Beth-horon(A) road, and the last division headed down the border road that looks out over the Valley of Zeboim(B) toward the wilderness.

19 No blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel,(C) because the Philistines had said, “Otherwise, the Hebrews will make swords or spears.” 20 So all the Israelites went to the Philistines to sharpen their plows, mattocks, axes, and sickles.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 13:20 LXX; MT reads plowshares

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