1 Samuel 13:22

So on the day of battle, there were no swords or spears found in the hands of any of the soldiers who were with Saul and Jonathan; only Saul and his son Jonathan had them.

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So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.

In Context

21The charge was two-thirds of a shekel for the plow points, and the mattocks, and one-third of a shekel for sharpening axes and for straightening the goads.

23The garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.

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Cross References

Judges 5:8When they chose new gods, 1 there was fighting at the city gates 1 and yet there were no shields or spears seen 1 among forty thousand in Israel. 1

1 Samuel 17:50David defeated the Philistine with a sling and with a stone. He hit the Philistine and killed him. There was no sword in David's hand.

1 Corinthians 1:27But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise. God chose what is weak in the world to shame what is strong.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 13:16-23

The Israelites' Low Condition. ( b. c. 1067.) 15 And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men. 16 And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash. 17 And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual: 18 And… Read the whole commentary →

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