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.