Thematic Bible: Implements for husbandry


Thematic Bible



He removed the people who were in the city and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and iron axes, and to labor at brickmaking. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then he and all his troops returned to Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsAxesIronToolsCaptivesClay, UsesHorrors Of WarSawsFurnacesIron ObjectsForced Labour

So all the Israelites went to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles. The price was two-thirds of a shekel for plowshares and mattocks, and one-third [of a shekel] for pitchforks and axes, and for putting a point on an oxgoad.

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