20So all Israel went down to the Philistines to have their plowshares, mattocks, axes and sickles sharpened.


In Context

17 Raiding parties went out from the Philistine camp in three detachments. One turned toward Ophrah in the vicinity of Shual,

18 another toward Beth Horon, and the third toward the borderland overlooking the Valley of Zeboim facing the desert.

19 Not a blacksmith could be found in the whole land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, "Otherwise the Hebrews will make swords or spears!"

20 So all Israel went down to the Philistines to have their plowshares, mattocks, axes and sickles sharpened.

21 The price was two thirds of a shekel for sharpening plowshares and mattocks, and a third of a shekel for sharpening forks and axes and for repointing goads.

22 So on the day of the battle not a soldier with Saul and Jonathan had a sword or spear in his hand; only Saul and his son Jonathan had them.

1st Samuel 13:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:20But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:20So all Israel went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his ploughshare, and his spade, and his axe, and his rake.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:20but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:20And all Israel went down to the Philistines, every man to get his ploughshare, and his hoe, and his axe, and his sickle sharpened,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:20but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:20But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his colter, and his ax, and his mattock.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:20but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his plowshare, mattock, axe, and sickle;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:20and all Israel go down to the Philistines, to sharpen each his ploughshare, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:20But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his ax, and his mattock.