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1 Samuel 21:9-11
GOD’S WORD Translation
1 Samuel 21:9-11
GOD’S WORD Translation
9 The chief priest answered, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Elah Valley, is here. It is wrapped in a cloth behind the priestly ephod.[a] If you want to take it, take it. There’s no other weapon here.”
David said, “There’s none like it. Let me have the sword.”
David at Gath
10 That day David left. He was ⌞still⌟ fleeing from Saul when he came to King Achish of Gath. 11 Achish’s officers asked, “Isn’t this David, the king of ⌞his⌟ country? He’s the one they used to sing about in the dances:
‘Saul has defeated thousands
but David tens of thousands.’ ”
Footnotes
- 21:9 Ephod is a technical term for a part of the priest’s clothes. Its exact usage and shape are unknown.
GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
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