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The priest said, “Behold, the sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah, is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you would like to take that, take it, for there is no other except that here.” David said, “There is none like that. Give it to me.”
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Verse 9. This. Chaldee observes, he gave this sword “after he had consulted the Lord with the ephod.” In a just war, the ornaments of the temples may be used. Pro republic i plerumque templa nudantur. Seneca. Grot. Jur. iii. 5. 2. Calmet.—Tostatus believes that David would restore this sword, as soon as he had procured other arms.
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