1 Samuel 13:19-21

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹⁹ No blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel,^(A) 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] 21} The price was two-thirds of a shekel^[b] for plows and mattocks, and one-third of a shekel for pitchforks and axes, and for putting a point on an oxgoad.