1 Samuel 13:19-21

Good News Translation

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; ²¹ the charge was one small coin for sharpening axes and for fixing goads,^[b] and two coins for sharpening plows or hoes.)