1 Samuel 13:19

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Now there was no smith to be found in all the land of Israel; for the Philistines had taken this precaution, lest the Hebrews should make them swords or spears.

Cross References

2 Kings 24:14

And he carried away all Jerusalem; and all the princes; and all the valiant men of the army, to the number of ten thousand into captivity; and every artificer and smith. And none were left, but the poor sort of the people of the land.

Jeremiah 24:1

The Lord showed me: and, behold, two baskets full of figs, set before the temple of the Lord: after that Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried away Jechonias the son of Joakim the king of Juda, and his chief men, and the craftsmen and engravers of Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon.

Judges 5:8

The Lord chose new wars, and he himself overthrew the gates of the enemies: a shield and spear was not seen among forty thousand of Israel.

Isaiah 54:16

Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire and bringeth forth an instrument for his work: and I have created the killer to destroy.

1 Samuel 13:20

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

Jeremiah 29:2

After that Jechonias the king and the queen and the eunuchs and the princes of Juda and of Jerusalem and the craftsman and the engravers were departed out of Jerusalem: