1 Samuel 13:21

New Living Translation

The charges were as follows: a quarter of an ounce of silver for sharpening a plowshare or a pick, and an eighth of an ounce for sharpening an ax or making the point of an ox goad.

Cross References

Zechariah 13:8

Two-thirds of the people in the land will be cut off and die,” says the Lord. “But one-third will be left in the land.

1 Samuel 13:20

So whenever the Israelites needed to sharpen their plowshares, picks, axes, or sickles, they had to take them to a Philistine blacksmith.

1 Samuel 13:22

So on the day of the battle none of the people of Israel had a sword or spear, except for Saul and Jonathan.