1 Samuel 13:19

New Century Version

The whole land of Israel had no blacksmith because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews might make swords and spears.”

Cross References

2 Kings 24:14

Nebuchadnezzar took away all the people of Jerusalem, including all the leaders, all the wealthy people, and all the craftsmen and metal workers. There were ten thousand prisoners in all. Only the poorest people in the land were left.

Isaiah 54:16

“See, I made the blacksmith. He fans the fire to make it hotter, and he makes the kind of tool he wants. In the same way I have made the destroyer to destroy.

Jeremiah 24:1

Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon captured Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim and king of Judah, his officers, and all the craftsmen and metalworkers of Judah. He took them away from Jerusalem and brought them to Babylon. It was then that the Lord showed me two baskets of figs arranged in front of the Temple of the Lord.

Jeremiah 29:2

(This letter was sent after all these people were taken away: Jehoiachin the king and the queen mother; the officers and leaders of Judah and Jerusalem; and the craftsmen and metalworkers from Jerusalem.)

Judges 5:8

At that time they chose to follow new gods. Because of this, enemies fought us at our city gates. No one could find a shield or a spear among the forty thousand people of Israel.

1 Samuel 13:20

So all the Israelites had to go down to the Philistines to have their plows, hoes, axes, and sickles sharpened.