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1 Samuel 13:19-21
Evangelical Heritage Version
1 Samuel 13:19-21
Evangelical Heritage Version
19 At that time no blacksmith could be found throughout the whole land of Israel, because the Philistines said, “If we allow this, the Hebrews will make swords or spears for themselves.” 20 So all the Israelites had to go down to the Philistines to get their plowshares, mattocks,[a] axes, and sickles[b] sharpened. 21 The price was two thirds of a shekel[c] to sharpen plowshares and mattocks and one third of a shekel for pitchforks and axes and to repair ox goads.
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- 1 Samuel 13:20 Or hoes
- 1 Samuel 13:20 The translation sickles follows the Greek Old Testament. The Hebrew repeats plowshares here.
- 1 Samuel 13:21 Hebrew a pim. Ancient weights marked pim are equal to two thirds of a shekel.
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