John Gill's Exposition on 1 Samuel 13:20

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, etc.] Were obliged to go into Palestine, into some one or other of the cities of the Philistines, or to their garrisons, where the trade of a smith was exercised: to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter; which are the parts of the plough made of iron, with which the earth is cut and thrown up: and his axe and his mattock; or pick axe; with the one wood is felled and cut, and with the other stones are dug; and each of these for their several uses needed sharpening; and when they did, they were obliged to go to the Philistines to have them done, they having no smiths among them.

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