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
Proverbs 25:18
18A man who ebears false witness against his neighboris like a war club, or fa sword, or a sharp arrow.
Isaiah 7:25
25 gAnd as for all the hills that used to be hoed with a hoe, you will not come there for fear hof briers and thorns, but they will become a place where cattle are let loose and where sheep tread.
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