1 Samuel 13:22

New American Bible - revised edition

And so on the day of battle neither sword nor spear could be found in the hand of any of the soldiers with Saul or Jonathan. Only Saul and his son Jonathan had them. Jonathan’s Exploit.

Cross References

Zechariah 4:6

Then he said to me: “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, and not by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord of hosts.

2 Corinthians 4:7

But we hold this treasure in earthen vessels, that the surpassing power may be of God and not from us.

Judges 5:8

New gods were their choice; then war was at the gates. No shield was to be found, no spear, among forty thousand in Israel!

1 Samuel 13:21

The price for the plowshares and mattocks was two thirds of a shekel, and a third of a shekel for sharpening the axes and for setting the ox-goads.

1 Samuel 17:47

All this multitude, too, shall learn that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves. For the battle belongs to the Lord, who shall deliver you into our hands.”

1 Samuel 17:50

Thus David triumphed over the Philistine with sling and stone; he struck the Philistine dead, and did it without a sword in his hand.