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Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before Jehovah; and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the [a]chiefest of the herdsmen that belonged to Saul. And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thy hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste. And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the vale of [b]Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it; for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 21:7 Or, mightiest
  2. 1 Samuel 21:9 Or, the terebinth