1 Samuel 13:19

New International Version

¹⁹Not a blacksmith^(A) could be found in the whole land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “Otherwise the Hebrews will make swords or spears!^(B)”

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2 Kings 24:14

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¹⁴He carried all Jerusalem into exile:^(A) all the officers and fighting men,^(B) and all the skilled workers and artisans—a total of ten thousand. Only the poorest^(C) people of the land were left.

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Jeremiah 24:1

New International Version

Two Baskets of Figs

24 After Jehoiachin^[a]^(A) son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and the officials, the skilled workers and the artisans of Judah were carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Lord showed me two baskets of figs^(B) placed in front of the temple of the Lord.

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 24:1 Hebrew Jeconiah, a variant of Jehoiachin

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Judges 5:8

New International Version

⁸God chose new leaders^(A)
when war came to the city gates,^(B)
but not a shield or spear^(C) was seen
among forty thousand in Israel.

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Isaiah 54:16

New International Version

¹⁶“See, it is I who created the blacksmith^(A)
who fans the coals into flame
and forges a weapon^(B) fit for its work.
And it is I who have created the destroyer^(C) to wreak havoc;