Verse 9
1 Samuel 21:9
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And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of 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 to me.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר דָּוִד֙ לַ/אֲחִימֶ֔לֶךְ וְ/אִ֛ין יֶשׁ פֹּ֥ה תַֽחַת יָדְ/ךָ֖ חֲנִ֣ית אוֹ חָ֑רֶב כִּ֣י גַם חַרְבִּ֤/י וְ/גַם כֵּלַ/י֙ לֹֽא לָקַ֣חְתִּי בְ/יָדִ֔/י כִּֽי הָיָ֥ה דְבַר הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ נָחֽוּץ
English Translation
And David said to Ahimelech, "Is there not here under your hand a spear or a sword? For I have taken neither my sword nor my weapons in my hand, because the king's matter was urgent."
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Chapter 21 Context
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Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, an...
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And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said to me,...
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3
Now therefore what is under thy hand? give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or what there is pres...
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4
And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is hallow...
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And David answered the priest, and said to him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these...
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6
So the priest gave him hallowed bread : for there was no bread there but the show-bread, that was ta...
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7
Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name...
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8
And David said to Ahimelech, And is there not here under thy hand a spear or sword? for I have neith...
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9
And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, b...
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And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
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11
And the servants of Achish said to him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing on...
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12
And David laid up these words in his heart, and was greatly afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
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13
And he changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on th...
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14
Then said Achish to his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: why then have ye brought him to me?
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15
Have I need of mad-men, that ye have brought this man to play the mad-man in my presence? shall this...
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