1 Samuel 13:20 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

²⁰ but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ 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

²⁰ 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)

²⁰ 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

²⁰ So every Israelite had to go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ 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

²⁰ 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 so did he in the cities of Manas´seh, and E´phra-im, and Simeon, even unto Naph´tali, with their mattocks round about.

Proverbs 27:17

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

Deuteronomy 32:41

If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.

1 Samuel 13:19

Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:

1 Samuel 13:21

Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.