1 Samuel 13:18-20

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁸ another company turned toward Beth-horon, and another company turned toward the mountain^[a] that looks down upon the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

¹⁹ Now there was no smith to be found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, “The Hebrews must not make swords or spears for themselves”; ²⁰ so all the Israelites went down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, or sickles;^[b]