There were no blacksmiths in
Israel.
The Israelites went to Philistia to have
plowshares, mattocks, axes, goads, forks and sickles made and sharpened...but,
it seems no weapons were made.
Can Israel have war without
weapons?
The Philistines
Set up outposts on the border between
Israel and Philistia, but could not invade Israel because God
stopped them.
Flashback!
Remember I Samuel 7:13
"So the
Philistines were subdued and did not invade
Israelite territory again. Throughout Samuel's lifetime, the
hand of the Lord was against the Philistines."
