1 Samuel 13:19 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁹ Now no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Yisra’ĕ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ Now there was no metal worker to be found throughout all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make swords or spears.

American Standard Version (1901)

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:

Common English Bible

¹⁹ No metalworker was to be found anywhere in Israelite territory because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not make swords and spears.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ Now there was no worker of iron to be found in all the land of Israel. For the Philistines had been cautious, lest perhaps the Hebrews might make swords or spears.

1 Samuel 13:19 Cross References

2 Kings 24:14

And he exiled all Yerushalayim, and all the officers and all the mighty brave men – ten thousand exiles – and all the craftsmen and smiths. None remained except the poorest people of the land.

Isaiah 54:16

“See, I Myself have created the blacksmith who blows the coals in the fire, who brings forth an instrument for his work. And I have created the waster to destroy.

Jeremiah 24:1

יהוה  showed me, and look, there were two baskets of figs set before the Hĕ

Jeremiah 29:2

after Yeḵ

Judges 5:8

“They chose new mighty ones, then fighting was in the gates! Neither a shield nor spear was seen among forty thousand in Yisra’ĕ

1 Samuel 13:20

And all Yisra’ĕ