1 Samuel 13:18-20

Good News Translation

¹⁸ another went toward Beth Horon, and the other one went to the border overlooking Zeboim Valley and the wilderness.

¹⁹ There were no blacksmiths in Israel because the Philistines were determined to keep the Hebrews from making swords and spears. (²⁰ The Israelites had to go to the Philistines to get their plows, hoes, axes, and sickles^[a] sharpened;