1Sa 13:19 | ESV | e4.org | Now there was no blacksmith to be found throughout all the land of Israel , for the Philistines said , Lest the Hebrews make themselves swords or spears .

‏ 1 Samuel 13:19

19 ^aNow there was no blacksmith to be found throughout all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, “Lest the Hebrews make themselves swords or spears.”