18. another went towards Beth Horon, and the other one went to the border overlooking the Valley of Zeboim and the wilderness.
19. There were no blacksmiths in Israel because the Philistines were determined to keep the Hebrews from making swords and spears.
20. (The Israelites had to go to the Philistines to get their ploughs, hoes, axes, and sickles sharpened;