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1 Samuel 13:21
Swete's Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible
καὶ ἦν ὁ τρύγητός ἕτοιμος τοῦ θερίζειν· τὰ δὲ σκεύη ἦν τρεῖς σίκλοι εἰς τὸν ὀδόντα, καὶ τῇ ἀξίνῃ καὶ τῷ δρεπάνῳ ὑπόστασις ἦν ἡ αὐτή. καὶ ἐγενήθη ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις τοῦ πολέμου Μαχεμάς, καὶ οὐχ εὑρέθη ῥομφαία καὶ δόρυ ἐν χειρὶ παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ τοῦ μετὰ Σαοὺλ καὶ μετὰ Ἰωναθάν, καὶ εὑρέθη τῷ Σαοὺλ καὶ τῶ Ἰωναθὰν υἱῷ αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἐξ ὑποστάσεως τῶν ἀλλοφύλων τὴν ἐν τῷ πέραν Μαχεμάς· καὶ τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἀπήγγειλεν.
The charge was a pim (note: A pim possibly refers to a polished stone weighing approximately 0.25 ounces or 7 grams found in excavations. This is equivalent to about two-thirds of a shekel and likely refers to the price charged by the Philistines for the services listed.) for sharpening a plowshare or mattock, a third of a shekel for sharpening a pitchfork or an axe, and a third of a shekel for repointing an oxgoad (note: Hebrew does not include the currency unit of a shekel charged for sharpening a pitchfork, an axe, or an oxgoad; alternatively, possibly a third of a pim for each.).