1 Samuel 13:20 - The Scriptures 1998

And all Yisra’ĕ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But each of the Israelites had to go down to the Philistines to get his plowshare, mattock, axe, or sickle sharpened.

American Standard Version (1901)

but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock;

Common English Bible

So every Israelite had to go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Therefore, all of Israel descended to the Philistines, so that each man could sharpen his plowshare, or pick axe, or hatchet, or hoe.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

1 Samuel 13:20 Cross References

2 Chronicles 34:6

and in the cities of Menashsheh, and Ephrayim, and Shimʽ

Proverbs 27:17

Iron is sharpened by iron, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

Deuteronomy 32:41

‘If I have sharpened My flashing sword, And My hand takes hold on judgment, I shall return vengeance to My enemies, And repay those who hate Me.

1 Samuel 13:19

Now no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Yisra’ĕ

1 Samuel 13:21

And the charge was a pim for the ploughshares, and the mattocks, and the forks, and the axes, and to set the points of the goads.