Adam Clarke Commentary - 1 Samuel 13:21 - 13:21

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Adam Clarke Commentary - 1 Samuel 13:21 - 13:21


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Yet they had a file - The Hebrew פצירה petsirah, from פצר patsar, to rub hard, is translated very differently by the versions and by critics. Our translation may be as likely as any: they permitted them the use of files, (I believe the word means grindstone), to restore the blunted edges of their tridents, axes, and goads.