1 Samuel 13:19

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

No blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel  because the Philistines had said, ‘Otherwise, the Hebrews will make swords or spears.’

Cross References

2 Kings 24:14

He deported all Jerusalem and all the commanders and all the best soldiers   #– #ten thousand captives  including all the craftsmen and metalsmiths.  Except for the poorest people of the land,  no one remained.

Jeremiah 24:1

After King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had deported Jeconiah  son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, the officials of Judah, and the craftsmen and metalsmiths  from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon, the Lord showed me two baskets of figs  placed in front of the temple of the Lord.

Judges 5:8

Israel chose new gods, then there was war in the city gates. Not a shield or spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel.

Isaiah 54:16

Look, I have created the craftsman who blows on the charcoal fire and produces a weapon suitable for its task; and I have created the destroyer to cause havoc.

1 Samuel 13:20

So all the Israelites went to the Philistines to sharpen their ploughs, mattocks, axes, and sickles.

Jeremiah 29:2

This was after King Jeconiah,  , the queen mother, the court officials, the officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metalsmiths had left Jerusalem.