¹⁸ another company turned toward Beth-horon, and another company turned toward the mountain^[a] that looks down upon the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.^(A)

¹⁹ Now there was no smith to be found throughout all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, “The Hebrews must not make swords or spears for themselves,”^{(B) 20} so all the Israelites went down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, or sickles.^[b]