¹⁸ another toward Beth Horon,^(A) and the third toward the borderland overlooking the Valley of Zeboyim^(B) facing the wilderness.

¹⁹ Not a blacksmith^(C) could be found in the whole land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “Otherwise the Hebrews will make swords or spears!^(D)” ²⁰ So all Israel went down to the Philistines to have their plow points, mattocks, axes and sickles^[a] sharpened.