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20 So whenever the Israelites needed to sharpen their plowshares, discs, axes, or sickles, they had to take them to a Philistine blacksmith. 21 The schedule of charges was as follows:

For sharpening a plow point, 60¢

For sharpening a disc, 60¢

For sharpening an ax, 30¢

For sharpening a sickle, 30¢

For sharpening an ox goad, 30¢

22 So there was not a single sword or spear in the entire “army” of Israel that day, except for Saul’s and Jonathan’s.

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