1 Samuel 13:18-20

New Catholic Bible

¹⁸ another went toward Beth-horon, and the third went toward the border that lay over the Valley of Zeboim near the desert.

¹⁹ There were no blacksmiths in the land of Israel for the Philistines had reasoned, “Otherwise the Hebrews might make swords or spears.” ²⁰ So all of the Israelites had to travel down to the Philistines to have their plowshares, their hoes, their axes, and their sickles sharpened.