KJV King James Version
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.
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1 Samuel 13:22
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So on the day of battle not a sword or spear could be found in the hands of the troops with Saul and Jonathan; only Saul and his son Jonathan had weapons.
WEB World English Bible
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 who were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it hath been, in the day of battle, that there hath not been found sword and spear in the hand of any of the people who are with Saul and with Jonathan—and there is found to Saul and to Jonathan his son.
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 13
19 Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make [them] swords or spears:
20 But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.
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.
22 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.
23 And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְהָיָה֙H1961 · ha.yahto beבְּי֣וֹםH3117 · yomdayמִלְחֶ֔מֶתH4421 · mil.cha.mahbattleוְלֹ֨אH3808 · lonotנִמְצָ֜אH4672 · ma.tsato findחֶ֤רֶבH2719 · che.revswordוַחֲנִית֙H2595 · cha.nitspearבְּיַ֣דH3027 · yadhandכָּל־H3605 · kolallהָעָ֔םH5971 · ampeopleאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichאֶת־H854 · etwithשָׁא֖וּלH7586 · sha.ulSaulוְאֶת־H854 · etwithיוֹנָתָ֑ןH3129 · yo.na.tanJonathanוַתִּמָּצֵ֣אH4672 · ma.tsato findלְשָׁא֔וּלH7586 · sha.ulSaulוּלְיוֹנָתָ֖ןH3129 · yo.na.tanJonathanבְּנֽוֹ׃H1121 · benson: child
Cross-references
Judges 5:8They chose new gods; then [was] war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?1 Samuel 17:47And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle [is] the LORD’S, and he will give you into our hands.Zechariah 4:6Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This [is] the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.1 Samuel 17:50So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but [there was] no sword in the hand of David.2 Corinthians 4:7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.1 Corinthians 1:27-29But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
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