19. The whole land of Israel had no blacksmith. This is because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews might make swords and spears.”
20. So all the Israelites went down to the Philistines. They went to have their plows, hoes, axes and sickles sharpened.
21. The Philistine blacksmiths charged about one-fourth of an ounce of silver for sharpening plows and hoes. And they charged one-eighth of an ounce of silver for sharpening picks, axes and the sticks used to guide oxen.
22. So when the battle came, the soldiers with Saul and Jonathan had no swords or spears. Only Saul and his son Jonathan had them.