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The best rendering of the pa age is perhaps as follows: But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines to sharpen whenever there was blunt…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
19th Century
Anglican
19th Century
Yet they had a file for the mattocks ... —This translation, the sense of which is not very clear, is supported by the Tar…
John Gill
JohnGill
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century
Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters,
and for the forks, and for the axes
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century
Consider how shrewd the Philistines were when they held power; they not only prevented the people of Israel from making weapons of war but also com…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes