1 Samuel 13:19

A Conservative Version

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

Cross References

2 Kings 24:14

And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the rulers, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the blacksmiths. None remained except the poorest sort of the people of the land.

Jeremiah 24:1

LORD showed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs set before the temple of LORD, after Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the rulers of Judah, with the craftsmen

Judges 5:8

They chose new gods, then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

Isaiah 54:16

Behold, I have created the smith who blows the fire of coals, and brings forth a weapon for his work. And I have created the waster to destroy.

1 Samuel 13:20

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

Jeremiah 29:2

(after Jeconiah the king, and the queen-mother, and the eunuchs, [and] the rulers of Judah and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem),