Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles. Cross References Deuteronomy 32:41 when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me. 1 Samuel 13:19 And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, "The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears." 1 Samuel 13:21 The charge was a pim for sharpening a plowshare or mattock, a third of a shekel for sharpening a pitchfork or an axe, and a third of a shekel for repointing an oxgoad. 2 Chronicles 34:6 Josiah did the same in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins around them. Treasury of Scripture But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his ax, and his mattock. |
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