Tools the Israelites had available for war
The Axe is normally NOT a weapon of war. But when there is no other weapon, the Axe will serve.
Likewise the Coulter; (Pitch)Forks; Harrow; Hoe; Mattock; Spade; Saw; — agricultural tools NOT usually weapons of war.
The Israelites did not possess weapons of war: (read vs 19)
1 Samuel 13:20-21 But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock. Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
David defeats the city of Rabbah:
2 Samuel 12:31 And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick-kiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 20:3 And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
The Lord speaks to Israel:
Jeremiah 51:20 Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
