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

Context
Israel Without Weapons
19Now 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. 20So all Israel went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his ploughshare, and his spade, and his axe, and his rake.21So that their shares, and their spades, and their forks, and their axes, were blunt, even to the goad, which was to be mended.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:41
If I shall whet my sword as the lightning, and my hand take hold on judgment: I will render vengeance to my enemies, and repay them that hate me.

1 Samuel 13:19
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 13:21
So that their shares, and their spades, and their forks, and their axes, were blunt, even to the goad, which was to be mended.

2 Chronicles 34:6
And in the cities of Manasses, and of Ephraim, and of Simeon, even to Nephtali he demolished all.

Lexicon
Instead, all
כָל־ (ḵāl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the Israelites
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 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 Hebrew 3381: To come or go down, descend

to the Philistines
הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים (hap·pə·liš·tîm)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia

to sharpen
לִ֠לְטוֹשׁ (lil·ṭō·wōš)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 3913: To hammer out, to sharpen

their plowshares,
מַחֲרַשְׁתּ֤וֹ (ma·ḥă·raš·tōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4282: Share

mattocks,
אֵתוֹ֙ (’ê·ṯōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 855: A hoe, other digging implement

axes,
קַרְדֻּמּ֔וֹ (qar·dum·mōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7134: An axe

and sickles.
מַחֲרֵשָׁתֽוֹ׃ (ma·ḥă·rê·šā·ṯōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4281: A plowshare


Additional Translations
Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his ax, and his mattock.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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