I Samuel 13:21
The Scripture
(21) Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Facing the Philistines at Gilgal and growing impatient waiting for Samuel, Saul unlawfully offered the burnt offering himself, and Samuel arrived to rebuke him, declaring that his kingdom would not continue. The Philistines held a military advantage, having disarmed Israel of blacksmiths, leaving only Saul and Jonathan with swords.
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