20. So every Israelite had to go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.
21. The cost was two-thirds of a shekel for plowshares and mattocks, but one-third of a shekel for sharpening axes and for setting goads.
22. So on the day of the battle, no swords or spears were to be found in the possession of any of the troops with Saul and Jonathan, but Saul and his son Jonathan had them.
23. Now a group of Philistine soldiers had marched out to the pass at Michmash.