1 Samuel 21:8

And David said to Abimelech, See if there is here under your hand spear or sword, for I have not + 21:8 Gr. taken. brought in my hand my sword or my weapons, for the word of the king was urgent.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

7And there was there on that day one of Saul's servants + 21:7 The word Νεεσσαρὰν is another repitition. Heb. בעצר. detained before the Lord, and his name was Doec the Syrian, tending the mules of Saul.

9And the priest said, Behold the sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you struck in the valley of Ela; and it is wrapped in a + 21:9 Alex.+ behind the ephod (or shoulder-piece) —so the Heb. cloth: if you will take it, take it for yourself, for there is no other except it here. And David said, Behold, there is none like it; give it me.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 22:9And Doec the Syrian who was over the mules of Saul + 22:9 Gr. answers. answered and said, I saw the son of Jessae as he came to Nomba to Abimelech son of Achitob the priest.

Esther 8:14So the horsemen went forth with haste to perform the king's commands; and the ordinance was also published in Susa.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 21:2-10

David Obtains the Show-Bread; David Gets the Sword of Goliath. ( b. c. 1057.) 1 Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee? 2 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place. 3 Now therefore… Read the whole commentary →

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