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21 The charge was two-thirds of a shekel for the plowshares and hoes, and one-third of a shekel for sharpening the axes and pointing the goads.[a] 22 This is why on the day of the battle not a sword or a spear was found in the hands of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan; only Saul and Jonathan, his son, had them. 23 Now a force of Philistines had gone out to the pass at Michmash.

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  1. 1 Samuel 13:21 A very high price for this period.