PLOW

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Shares of, sharpened by the smiths of the Philistines
But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock. (1 Samuel 13:2020But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock. (1 Samuel 13:20))
Used by Elisha with twelve yoke (pairs) of oxen
So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him. (1 Kings 19:1919So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him. (1 Kings 19:19))
By Job's servants
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them: (Job 1:1414And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them: (Job 1:14))
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Of afflictions
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows. (Psalm 129:33The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows. (Psalm 129:3))