Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version So all Israel went down to the Philistines to have their plow points, mattocks, axes and sickles sharpened. New Living Translation So whenever the Israelites needed to sharpen their plowshares, picks, axes, or sickles, they had to take them to a Philistine blacksmith. English Standard Version But every one of the Israelites went down to the Philistines to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, or his sickle, Berean Standard Bible Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles. King James Bible But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock. New King James Version But all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen each man’s plowshare, his mattock, his ax, and his sickle; New American Standard Bible So all Israel went down to the Philistines, each to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, and his hoe. NASB 1995 So all Israel went down to the Philistines, each to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, and his hoe. NASB 1977 So all Israel went down to the Philistines, each to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, and his hoe. Legacy Standard Bible So all Israel went down to the Philistines, each to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, and his goad. Amplified Bible So all [the men of] Israel went down to the Philistines, each to get his plowshare, pick, axe, or sickle sharpened. Christian Standard Bible So all the Israelites went to the Philistines to sharpen their plows, mattocks, axes, and sickles. Holman Christian Standard Bible So all the Israelites went to the Philistines to sharpen their plows, mattocks, axes, and sickles. American Standard Version but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock; Aramaic Bible in Plain English And all Israel went down to the Philistines to sharpen, each man his sickle and his spike, and his ax and his goads Brenton Septuagint Translation And all Israel went down to the Land of the Philistines to forge every one his reaping-hook and his tool, and every one his axe and his sickle. Douay-Rheims Bible So all Israel went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his ploughshare, and his spade, and his axe, and his rake. English Revised Version but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock; GOD'S WORD® Translation Everyone in Israel had to go to the Philistines to sharpen the blade of his plow, his mattock, ax, or sickle. Good News Translation The Israelites had to go to the Philistines to get their plows, hoes, axes, and sickles sharpened; International Standard Version Everyone in Israel would have to go to the Philistines so each person could sharpen his plow, his mattock, his axe, and his sickle. JPS Tanakh 1917 but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his plowshare, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock. Literal Standard Version and all Israel goes down to the Philistines, to each sharpen his plowshare, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock; Majority Standard Bible Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles. New American Bible All Israel, therefore, had to go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles. NET Bible So all Israel had to go down to the Philistines in order to get their plowshares, cutting instruments, axes, and sickles sharpened. New Revised Standard Version so all the Israelites went down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, or sickles; New Heart English Bible But all Israel would go down to the Philistines, each to sharpen his plowshare, mattock, axe, and sickle; Webster's Bible Translation But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his colter, and his ax, and his mattock. World English Bible but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, each man to sharpen his own plowshare, mattock, ax, and sickle. Young's Literal Translation and all Israel go down to the Philistines, to sharpen each his ploughshare, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Israel Without Weapons…19And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears.” 20Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles. 21The charge was a pim for sharpening a plowshare or mattock, a third of a shekel for sharpening a pitchfork or an axe, and a third of a shekel for repointing an oxgoad.… Cross References Deuteronomy 32:41 when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me. 1 Samuel 13:19 And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, "The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears." 1 Samuel 13:21 The charge was a pim for sharpening a plowshare or mattock, a third of a shekel for sharpening a pitchfork or an axe, and a third of a shekel for repointing an oxgoad. 2 Chronicles 34:6 Josiah did the same in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins around them. Treasury of Scripture But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his ax, and his mattock. Jump to Previous Ax Axe Axes Blades Hoe Hooks Israel Israelites Mattock Mattocks Philistines Ploughs Plowshares Share Sharpen Sharpened Sickle SicklesJump to Next Ax Axe Axes Blades Hoe Hooks Israel Israelites Mattock Mattocks Philistines Ploughs Plowshares Share Sharpen Sharpened Sickle Sickles1 Samuel 13 1. Saul's select band3. He calls the Hebrews to Gilgal against the Philistines 5. The Philistines' great army 6. The distress of the Israelites 8. Saul, weary of staying for Samuel, sacrifices 11. Samuel reproves him 17. The three raiding parties of the Philistines 19. The policy of the Philistines, to allow no blacksmith in Israel (20) To sharpen every man his share, and his coulter.--Porsenna, we read, in the time of the wars of the Republic, allowed the Romans iron implements for agriculture only. Coulter.--In Isaiah 2:4, Joel 3:10, this word is rendered "ploughshares "; so most of the older versions. We cannot now with any precision distinguish between these two implements of tillage. And his mattock.--Jerome renders the Hebrew word here by "hoe" (sarculum). It was probably a kind of heavy hoe, used for turning up the ground. Verse 20. - The Israelites went down to the Philistines. I.e. to their land. This could only have applied to the districts near the Philistines, unless we suppose that they set up forges also at their garrisons. To sharpen. The verb chiefly refers to such work as required an anvil and hammer. As regards the implements, not only do the versions disagree in their renderings, but the Septuagint has a very curious different reading, to the effect that at harvest time the Israelites had to pay the Philistines three shekels for repairing and whetting their tools. The share is more probably a sickle. The coulter is certainly a ploughshare, as rendered in Isaiah 2:4; Joel 3:10. Of the ax there is no doubt; and the mattock is a heavy hoe for turning up the ground, as spades for that purpose are scarcely anywhere used, except in our own country.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Instead, allכָל־ (ḵāl) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the Israelites יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc would go down וַיֵּרְד֥וּ (way·yê·rə·ḏū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend to the Philistines הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים (hap·pə·liš·tîm) Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural Strong's 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia to sharpen לִ֠לְטוֹשׁ (lil·ṭō·wōš) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 3913: To hammer out, to sharpen their plowshares, מַחֲרַשְׁתּ֤וֹ (ma·ḥă·raš·tōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 4282: Share mattocks, אֵתוֹ֙ (’ê·ṯōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 855: A hoe, other digging implement axes, קַרְדֻּמּ֔וֹ (qar·dum·mōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 7134: An axe and sickles. מַחֲרֵשָׁתֽוֹ׃ (ma·ḥă·rê·šā·ṯōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 4281: A plowshare Links 1 Samuel 13:20 NIV1 Samuel 13:20 NLT 1 Samuel 13:20 ESV 1 Samuel 13:20 NASB 1 Samuel 13:20 KJV 1 Samuel 13:20 BibleApps.com 1 Samuel 13:20 Biblia Paralela 1 Samuel 13:20 Chinese Bible 1 Samuel 13:20 French Bible 1 Samuel 13:20 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Samuel 13:20 But all the Israelites went down (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) |