Holman Christian Standard Bible

1 Samuel 13:20-23 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

20. So all the Israelites went to the Philistines to sharpen their plows, mattocks, axes, and sickles.

21. The price was two-thirds of a shekel for plows and mattocks, and one-third of a shekel for pitchforks and axes, and for putting a point on an oxgoad.

22. So on the day of battle not a sword or spear could be found in the hand of any of the troops who were with Saul and Jonathan; only Saul and his son Jonathan had weapons.

23. Now a Philistine garrison took control of the pass at Michmash.