1 Samuel 13:19

New American Standard Bible 2020

Now no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines said, “Otherwise the Hebrews will make swords or spears.”

Cross References

2 Kings 24:14

Then he led into exile all the people of Jerusalem and all the commanders and all the valiant warriors, ten thousand exiles, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. None were left except the poorest people of the land.

Isaiah 54:16

“Behold, I Myself have created the smith who blows on the fire of coals And produces a weapon for its work; And I have created the destroyer to inflict ruin.

Jeremiah 24:1

After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken into exile Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the officials of Judah with the craftsmen and metalworkers from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon, the Lord showed me: behold, two baskets of figs placed before the temple of the Lord.

Jeremiah 29:2

(This was after King Jeconiah and the queen mother, the high officials, the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metalworkers had departed from Jerusalem.)

Judges 5:8

“New gods were chosen; Then war was in the gates. Not a shield or a spear was seen Among forty thousand in Israel.

1 Samuel 13:20

So all Israel went down to the Philistines, each to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, and his hoe.