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1 Samuel 13:21-23
EasyEnglish Bible
1 Samuel 13:21-23
EasyEnglish Bible
21 The Israelites had to pay eight grams of silver for the Philistines to make each plough or hoe sharp again. They paid four grams of silver for each axe, knife or ox-goad.[a]
22 So when the fight started, the soldiers that were with Saul and Jonathan did not have any swords or spears. Only Saul and his son Jonathan had them.
Jonathan attacks the Philistines
23 A group of Philistine soldiers went to the narrow road across the hills at Michmash.
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- 13:21 A hoe is a sharp tool. An ox-goad is a metal stick with a point. Farmers used them.
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