¹⁸ And another went by the way of Beth-horon, and the third turned to the way of the border, above the valley of Seboim towards the desert.

¹⁹ Now there was no smith to be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines had taken this precaution, lest the Hebrews should make them swords or spears.

²⁰ So all Israel went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his ploughshare, and his spade, and his axe, and his rake.