King James Version
1 Samuel 13:19 in the King James Version says “Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swo...” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:”
1 Samuel 13:19 · KJV
And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:
And another company turned the way to Bethhoron: and another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.
Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:
But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.
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. a file: Heb. a file with mouths sharpen: Heb. to set
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“found”
H4672properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“them swords”
H2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
desire (and so probably in proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
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