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18 another company turned towards Beth-horon, and another company turned towards the mountain[a] that looks down upon the valley of Zeboim towards the wilderness.

19 Now there was no blacksmith 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 ploughshares, mattocks, axes, or sickles;[b]

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  1. 1 Samuel 13:18 Cn Compare Gk: Heb towards the border
  2. 1 Samuel 13:20 Gk: Heb ploughshare

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