1-samuel 13:20
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his ax, and his mattock.
American King James Version (AKJV)
But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his ax, and his mattock.
American Standard Version (ASV)
but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock;
Basic English Translation (BBE)
But all the Israelites had to go to the Philistines to get their ploughs and blades and axes and hooks made sharp;
Webster's Revision
But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his colter, and his ax, and his mattock.
World English Bible
but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his plowshare, mattock, axe, and sickle;
English Revised Version (ERV)
but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock;
Definitions for 1-samuel 13:20
Clarke's 1-samuel 13:20 Bible Commentary
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.
Barnes's 1-samuel 13:20 Bible Commentary
The best rendering of the passage is perhaps as follows: "But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines to sharpen etc. 1 Samuel 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.
Wesley's 1-samuel 13:20 Bible Commentary
13:20 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.