1 Samuel 13:19 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

No blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel  because the Philistines had said, ‘Otherwise, the Hebrews will make swords or spears.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Now there was no metal worker to be found throughout all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make swords or spears.

American Standard Version (1901)

Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:

Common English Bible

No metalworker was to be found anywhere in Israelite territory because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not make swords and spears.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

Now there was no worker of iron to be found in all the land of Israel. For the Philistines had been cautious, lest perhaps the Hebrews might make swords or spears.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Now there was no smith to be found in all the land of Israel; for the Philistines had taken this precaution, lest the Hebrews should make them swords or spears.

1 Samuel 13:19 Tagairtí Cros

2 Kings 24:14

He deported all Jerusalem and all the commanders and all the best soldiers   #– #ten thousand captives  including all the craftsmen and metalsmiths.  Except for the poorest people of the land,  no one remained.

Isaiah 54:16

Look, I have created the craftsman who blows on the charcoal fire and produces a weapon suitable for its task; and I have created the destroyer to cause havoc.

Jeremiah 24:1

After King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had deported Jeconiah  son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, the officials of Judah, and the craftsmen and metalsmiths  from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon, the Lord showed me two baskets of figs  placed in front of the temple of the Lord.

Jeremiah 29:2

This was after King Jeconiah,  , the queen mother, the court officials, the officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metalsmiths had left Jerusalem.

Judges 5:8

Israel chose new gods, then there was war in the city gates. Not a shield or spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel.

1 Samuel 13:20

So all the Israelites went to the Philistines to sharpen their ploughs, mattocks, axes, and sickles.