1 Samuel 13:19

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 2 Kgs 24:14 : 14 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 except the poorest people of the land.
  • Judg 5:8 : 8 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates; was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
  • Jer 24:1 : 1 The LORD showed me, and behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after Nebuchadnezzar 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.
  • Isa 54:16 : 16 Behold, I have created the smith who blows the coals in the fire, and that brings forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.

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  • 1 Sam 13:20-23
    4 verses
    84%

    20But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen each man's plowshare, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.

    21Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.

    22So it came to pass on the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan; but they were found with Saul and Jonathan his son.

    23And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.

  • 1 Sam 13:18
    73%

    18Another company turned the road to Bethhoron; and another company turned to the road of the border that overlooks the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

  • 1 Sam 21:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8And David said to Ahimelech, Is there not here on hand a spear or sword? For I have not brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.

    9And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you struck down in the Valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if you will take that, take it, for there is no other but that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it to me.

  • 1 Sam 17:50
    72%

    50Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone and struck the Philistine, and killed him. There was no sword in David's hand.

  • 1 Sam 7:13
    71%

    13So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the territory of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

  • 1 Sam 13:4-6
    3 verses
    70%

    4And all Israel heard that Saul had struck a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel was in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together to Saul at Gilgal.

    5And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as numerous as the sand on the seashore; and they came up and encamped in Michmash, east of Bethaven.

    6When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble (for the people were distressed), then the people hid themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.

  • Isa 44:12
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    12The smith with the tongs both works in the coals, and fashions it with hammers, and works it with the strength of his arms: yes, he is hungry, and his strength fails: he drinks no water, and is faint.

  • 1 Sam 17:19
    70%

    19Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 4:9-10
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    69%

    9Be strong and conduct yourselves like men, O Philistines, that you do not become servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Conduct yourselves like men, and fight.

    10And the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and they fled every man to his tent, and there was a very great slaughter; for thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.

  • 1 Sam 7:7
    69%

    7And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.

  • Judg 13:1
    69%

    1And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years.

  • Joel 3:10
    69%

    10Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, I am strong.

  • 1 Sam 17:21
    69%

    21Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.

  • 1 Sam 17:3
    69%

    3The Philistines stood on a mountain on one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side, with a valley between them.

  • 1 Sam 29:1
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    1Now the Philistines gathered all their armies at Aphek, and the Israelites camped by a fountain in Jezreel.

  • 1 Sam 7:11
    68%

    11And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, and struck them, until they came under Beth-car.

  • 1 Sam 17:7
    68%

    7The staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and the spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron, and a shield-bearer went before him.

  • 1 Sam 14:20-21
    2 verses
    68%

    20Then Saul and all the people with him assembled and went into battle; and behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was very great confusion.

    21Moreover, the Hebrews who had been with the Philistines before that time, who went up with them into the camp, also turned to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.

  • 1 Sam 17:41
    68%

    41The Philistine came closer and closer to David, and the man who carried his shield went in front of him.

  • Ezek 39:9
    68%

    9And those who dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth and set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, the javelins and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire for seven years.

  • 1 Chr 14:13
    68%

    13And the Philistines once again spread themselves out in the valley.

  • 1 Sam 17:39
    68%

    39David fastened his sword over his armor and tried to go, but he was not used to them. David said to Saul, I cannot go with these, for I am not used to them. And David took them off.

  • Judg 5:8
    68%

    8They chose new gods; then was war in the gates; was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

  • 1 Sam 19:8
    67%

    8And there was war again; and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and killed them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him.

  • 2 Sam 1:20
    67%

    20Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

  • 1 Sam 17:52
    67%

    52The men of Israel and Judah arose, shouted, and pursued the Philistines as far as the entrance to the valley and to the gates of Ekron. The wounded of the Philistines fell along the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath and Ekron.

  • Isa 9:13
    67%

    13For the people do not turn to him who strikes them, nor do they seek the LORD of hosts.

  • 1 Sam 23:1
    67%

    1Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they are robbing the threshing floors.

  • Josh 13:3
    67%

    3From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even to the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted as Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:

  • Isa 41:7
    67%

    7So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smooths with the hammer him that struck the anvil, saying, It is ready for the soldering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.

  • Judg 17:6
    67%

    6In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

  • Job 41:26
    67%

    26The sword that reaches him cannot prevail, nor the spear, the dart, or the javelin.

  • 1 Chr 22:16
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    16Of the gold, the silver, and the bronze, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with you.

  • 1 Chr 10:1
    67%

    1Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines and fell down slain in Mount Gilboa.

  • 1 Sam 17:11
    67%

    11When Saul and all Israel heard the words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.

  • 1 Sam 4:1-2
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    1And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and camped beside Ebenezer, and the Philistines camped in Aphek.

    2And the Philistines arranged themselves against Israel, and when they joined battle, Israel was defeated before the Philistines, and they killed about four thousand men of the army in the field.

  • 1 Sam 12:9
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    9And when they forgot the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.

  • Judg 14:4
    67%

    4But his father and mother did not know that it was from the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines, for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.

  • 1 Sam 17:1
    67%

    1Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle, and assembled at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and camped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.

  • 1 Sam 31:1
    66%

    1Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on Mount Gilboa.

  • Amos 1:8
    66%

    8And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon, and I will turn My hand against Ekron; and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, says the Lord GOD.