1Sam.13.19

1 Samuel 13:19

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¶ Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:

Israel without Weapons

Cross References

Judges 5:8

KJV

They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

The Song of Deborah and Barak

1 Samuel 13:20

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But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.

Israel without Weapons

2 Kings 24:14

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And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.

The Captivity of Jerusalem

Deportation to Babylon

Jeremiah 24:1

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The Lord shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the Lord, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

The Good and Bad Figs

Jeremiah 29:2

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(After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)

1 Samuel 13:19

¶ Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:

Israel without Weapons

Cross References

The Song of Deborah and Barak

Israel without Weapons

The Captivity of Jerusalem

Deportation to Babylon

The Good and Bad Figs

Jeremiah’s Letter to the Exiles