dourh - 1Samuel:13:16-22

dourh@1Samuel:13:16 @ And Saul and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, were in Gabaa of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Machmas.

dourh@1Samuel:13:17 @ And there went out of the camp of the Philistines three companies to plunder. One company went towards the way of Ephra to the land of Sual;

dourh@1Samuel:13:18 @ And another went by the way of Beth-horon, and the third turned to the way of the border, above the valley of Seboim towards the desert.

dourh@1Samuel:13:19 @ Now there was no smith to be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines had taken this precaution, lest the Hebrews should make them swords or spears.

dourh@1Samuel:13:20 @ So all Israel went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his ploughshare, and his spade, and his axe, and his rake.

dourh@1Samuel:13:21 @ So that their shares, and their spades, and their forks, and their axes were blunt, even to the goad, which was to be mended.

dourh@1Samuel:13:22 @ And when the day of battle was come, there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan, except Saul and Jonathan his son.