1 Samuel 21:9

And 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.

LXX2012 (British)

In The King James Version

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 me.

In Context

8And 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.

10And he gave it him; and David arose, and fled in that day from he presence of Saul: and David came to Anchus king of Geth.

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Cross References

Exodus 28:6And they shall make the shoulder-piece of fine linen spun, the woven work of the embroiderer.

1 Samuel 17:50So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him, and there was no sword in the hand of David.

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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