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1 Samuel 13:20
Complete Jewish Bible
1 Samuel 13:20
Complete Jewish Bible
20 So whenever any of the people of Isra’el wanted to sharpen his hoe, plowshare, axe or pick, he had to go down to the P’lishtim,
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1 Samuel 13:20
King James Version
1 Samuel 13:20
King James Version
20 But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.
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1 Samuel 13:20
New International Version
1 Samuel 13:20
New International Version
20 So all Israel went down to the Philistines to have their plow points, mattocks, axes and sickles[a] sharpened.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 13:20 Septuagint; Hebrew plow points
1 Samuel 13:20
New King James Version
1 Samuel 13:20
New King James Version
20 But all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen each man’s plowshare, his mattock, his ax, and his sickle;
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1 Samuel 13:21
Complete Jewish Bible
1 Samuel 13:21
Complete Jewish Bible
21 where the exorbitant prices were two-thirds of a shekel for filing a pick or plowshare and one-third of a shekel for filing an axe or setting an oxgoad in its handle.
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1 Samuel 13:21
King James Version
1 Samuel 13:21
King James Version
21 Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
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1 Samuel 13:21
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1 Samuel 13:21
New International Version
21 The price was two-thirds of a shekel[a] for sharpening plow points and mattocks, and a third of a shekel[b] for sharpening forks and axes and for repointing goads.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 13:21 That is, about 1/4 ounce or about 8 grams
- 1 Samuel 13:21 That is, about 1/8 ounce or about 4 grams
1 Samuel 13:21
New King James Version
1 Samuel 13:21
New King James Version
21 and the charge for a sharpening was a [a]pim for the plowshares, the mattocks, the forks, and the axes, and to set the points of the goads.
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- 1 Samuel 13:21 About two-thirds shekel weight
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