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1 Samuel 13:16-20

1 Samuel 13:16

Now Saul, his son Jonathan, and the people who were present with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin while the Philistines camped at Michmash.

1 Samuel 13:17

Then raiders came from the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned toward Ophrah, to the land of Shual,

1 Samuel 13:18

and another company turned toward Beth-horon, and another company turned toward the border that overlooks the Valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

1 Samuel 13:19

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

1 Samuel 13:20

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