(And there was the same day one of the servants of Saul [a]abiding before the Lord, named Doeg the Edomite, the [b]chiefest of Saul’s herdmen.)

And David said unto Ahimelech, Is there not here under thine hand a spear or a sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor mine harness with me, because the king’s business required haste.

And the Priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the (A)valley of Elah, behold, it is wrapped in a cloth behind the [c]Ephod: if thou wilt take that to thee, take it: for there is none other save that here: And David said, There is none to that, give it me.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 21:7 Tarrying to worship before the Ark.
  2. 1 Samuel 21:7 Or, master of them that kept Saul’s castle.
  3. 1 Samuel 21:9 Behind that place, where the high Priest’s garment lay.

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