Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:

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Bible References

There was no

Judges 5:8

“They chose new gods;
Then war was in the gates.
Was there a shield or spear seen
Among forty thousand in Israel?
2 Kings 24:14
He led away into exile all Jerusalem and all the captains and all the brave men, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained except the poorest people of the land.
Isaiah 54:16

“Listen carefully, I have created the smith who blows on the fire of coals
And who produces a weapon for its purpose;
And I have created the destroyer to inflict ruin.
Jeremiah 24:1
After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken Jeconiah [who was also called Coniah and Jehoiachin] the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah [along] with the craftsmen and smiths into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, the Lord showed me [in a vision] two baskets of figs set before the temple of the Lord.

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Deuteronomy 28:43
The stranger who lives among you will rise above you higher and higher, and you will go down lower and lower.