Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 13:19
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1 Samuel13:19
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.
This was a Politick course of the Philistines, which also other Nations have used. So the Chaldeans took away their Smiths, 2 King. 24. 14. Ier. 24. 1. and 29. 2. And Porsenna obliged the Romans by Covenant, That they should use no Iron but in the Tillage of their Lands.
Marginal references: We must take them away.
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