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1 Samuel 13:18-20
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 Samuel 13:18-20
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
18 another company turned toward Beth-horon, and another company turned toward the mountain[a] that looks down upon the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.
19 Now there was no smith to be found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, “The Hebrews must not make swords or spears for themselves”; 20 so all the Israelites went down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, or sickles;[b]
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- 1 Samuel 13:18 Cn Compare Gk: Heb toward the border
- 1 Samuel 13:20 Gk: Heb plowshare
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
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