1 Samuel 13:20

20 Por tanto, todo Israel dependía de los filisteos para que les afilaran los arados, los azadones, las hachas y las hoces.[a]

1 Samuel 13:20 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 13:20

But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines
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.

1 Samuel 13:20 In-Context

18 otro, por Bet Jorón; y el tercero, por la frontera del valle de Zeboyín, en dirección al desierto.
19 En todo el territorio de Israel no había un solo herrero, pues los filisteos no permitían que los hebreos se forjaran espadas y lanzas.
20 Por tanto, todo Israel dependía de los filisteos para que les afilaran los arados, los azadones, las hachas y las hoces.
21 Por un arado o un azadón cobraban ocho gramos de plata, y cuatro gramos por una horqueta o un hacha, o por arreglar las aguijadas.
22 Así que ninguno de los soldados israelitas tenía espada o lanza, excepto Saúl y Jonatán.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. "las hoces " (LXX); "los arados " (TM).
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