1 Samuel 13:20-21
20But every one of the Israelites went down to the Philistines to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, or his sickle, ▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew plowshare
21and the charge was two-thirds of a shekel ▼▼Hebrew was a pim
for the plowshares and for the mattocks, and a third of a shekel ▼▼A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
for sharpening the axes and for setting the goads. ▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain
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