20 So all Israel went down to the Philistines to have their plow points, mattocks, axes and sickles[a] sharpened.

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  1. 1 Samuel 13:20 Septuagint; Hebrew plow points

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

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21 The price was two-thirds of a shekel[a] for sharpening plow points and mattocks, and a third of a shekel[b] for sharpening forks and axes and for repointing goads.

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  1. 1 Samuel 13:21 That is, about 1/4 ounce or about 8 grams
  2. 1 Samuel 13:21 That is, about 1/8 ounce or about 4 grams

21 Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.

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25 As for all the hills(A) once cultivated by the hoe, you will no longer go there for fear of the briers and thorns;(B) they will become places where cattle are turned loose and where sheep run.(C)

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25 And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.

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