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The Sword of Goliath. David then asked Ahimelech: “Do you have a spear or a sword on hand? I brought along neither my sword nor my weapons, because the king’s business was urgent.” 10 The priest replied: “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here wrapped in a garment behind an ephod.[a] If you wish to take it, do so; there is no sword here except that one.” “There is none like it,” David cried, “give it to me!”(A)

David a Fugitive. 11 That same day David fled from Saul, going to Achish, king of Gath.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 21:10 Ephod: here an object or image large enough to conceal Goliath’s sword. Cf. Gideon’s ephod in Jgs 8:27.