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Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 13:20 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
1Sa 13:20 |
Strong Concordance |
But all the Israelites [03478] went down [03381] to the Philistines [06430], to sharpen [03913] every man [0376] his share [04282], and his coulter [0855], and his axe [07134], and his mattock [04281]. |
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King James |
But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The best rendering of the passage is perhaps as follows: "But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines to sharpen etc. Sa1 13:21, whenever there was bluntness of edge to their shares and coulters and prong-forks and axes, and to point their goads." Coulters and mattocks were cutting instruments of the type of the share. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Philistines - Not to the land of the Philistines, but to the stations and garrisons which the Philistines retained in several parts of Israel's land, though Samuel's authority had so far over - awed them, that they durst not give the Israelites much disturbance. In these, therefore, the Philistines kept all the smiths; and here they allowed them the exercise of their art for the uses following. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines - We find from this that they did not grant them as much as Porsenna did to the Romans; he permitted the people to manufacture the implements of husbandry. |
21 Yet they had a file [06477] [06310] for the mattocks [04281], and for the coulters [0855], and for the forks [07969] [07053], and for the axes [07134], and to sharpen [05324] the goads [01861].