19 Now (A)no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines said, “Otherwise the Hebrews will make [a](B)swords or spears.” 20 So all Israel went down to the Philistines, each to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, and his hoe. 21 The charge was [b]two-thirds of a shekel for the plowshares, the mattocks, the forks, and the axes, and to fix the [c]cattle goads.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 13:19 Lit sword or spear
  2. 1 Samuel 13:21 Heb pim
  3. 1 Samuel 13:21 I.e., spiked sticks for driving cattle

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