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
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Bible References
There was no
Judges 5:8
God chose new [leaders], then war [was at the] gates; a small shield or a spear was not seen among forty thousand in Israel.
2 Kings 24:14
He deported all of Jerusalem: all of the commanders, ten thousand of the skilled warriors, and the artisans; no one was left over except the poorest of the people of the land.
Isaiah 54:16
Look! I myself have created [the] craftsman who blows [the] fire [of] coals, and who produces a weapon for his work; also I myself have created [the] destroyer to destroy.
Jeremiah 24:1
Yahweh showed me, and look, there were two baskets of figs placed {before} the temple of Yahweh--after Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had deported Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, with the officials of Judah, and the craftsmen, and the smiths, from Jerusalem and had brought them [to] Babylon.
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Deuteronomy 28:43
The alien that [is] in your midst shall ascend over you, higher [and] higher, but you shall go down lower [and] lower.