1 Samuel 13:19

Good News Translation

There were no blacksmiths in Israel because the Philistines were determined to keep the Hebrews from making swords and spears. (

Cross References

2 Kings 24:14

Nebuchadnezzar carried away as prisoners the people of Jerusalem, all the royal princes, and all the leading men, ten thousand in all. He also deported all the skilled workers, including the blacksmiths, leaving only the poorest of the people behind in Judah.

Isaiah 54:16

“I create the blacksmith, who builds a fire and forges weapons. I also create the soldier, who uses the weapons to kill.

Jeremiah 24:1

The Lord showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the Temple. (This was after King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia had taken away Jehoiakim's son, King Jehoiachin of Judah, as a prisoner from Jerusalem to Babylonia, together with the leaders of Judah, the craftworkers, and the skilled workers.)

Jeremiah 29:2

I wrote it after King Jehoiachin, his mother, the palace officials, the leaders of Judah and of Jerusalem, the engravers, and the skilled workers had been taken into exile.

Judges 5:8

Then there was war in the land when the Israelites chose new gods. Of the forty thousand men in Israel, did anyone carry shield or spear?

1 Samuel 13:20

The Israelites had to go to the Philistines to get their plows, hoes, axes, and sickles sharpened;