1 Samuel 13:19

World Messianic Bible British Edition

Now there was no blacksmith found throughout all Eretz-Israel, for the Philistines said, “Lest the Hebrews make themselves swords or spears”;

Cross References

2 Kings 24:14

He carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. No one remained except the poorest people of the land.

Isaiah 54:16

“Behold, I have created the blacksmith who fans the coals into flame, and forges a weapon for his work; and I have created the destroyer to destroy.

Jeremiah 24:1

The LORD showed me, and behold, two baskets of figs were set before the LORD’s temple, after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

Jeremiah 29:2

(after Jeconiah the king, the queen mother, the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the smiths had departed from Jerusalem),

Judges 5:8

They chose new gods. Then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen amongst forty thousand in Israel?

1 Samuel 13:20

but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, each man to sharpen his own ploughshare, mattock, axe, and sickle.