20 But every one of the Israelites went down to the Philistines to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, or his sickle,[a] 21 and the charge was two-thirds of a shekel[b] for the plowshares and for the mattocks, and a third of a shekel[c] for sharpening the axes and for setting the goads.[d] 22 So on the day of the battle (A)there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people with Saul and Jonathan, but Saul and Jonathan his son had them.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 13:20 Septuagint; Hebrew plowshare
  2. 1 Samuel 13:21 Hebrew was a pim
  3. 1 Samuel 13:21 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
  4. 1 Samuel 13:21 The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain

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