Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:
There was no
General references
Bible References
There was no
Judges 5:8 “New gods were chosen;
Then war was in the gates.
Not a shield or a spear was seen
Among forty thousand in Israel.
Then war was in the gates.
Not a shield or a spear was seen
Among forty thousand in Israel.
2 Kings 24:14
Then he led away into exile all Jerusalem and all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained except the poorest people of the land.
Isaiah 54:16 “Behold, I Myself have created the smith who blows the fire of coals
And brings out a weapon for its work;
And I have created the destroyer to ruin.
And brings out a weapon for its work;
And I have created the destroyer to ruin.
Jeremiah 24:1
After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the officials of Judah with the craftsmen and smiths from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon, the Lord showed me: behold, two baskets of figs set before the temple of the Lord!
General references
Deuteronomy 28:43 The alien who is among you shall rise above you higher and higher, but you will go down lower and lower.