David said to Ahimelech, “Do you have a spear or a sword on hand? I did not bring my sword or my weapons with me, because the king’s business was urgent.”
Traditional numbering: 21:8
In context
7So the priest gave him the consecrated bread, since there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence, which had been removed from before Yahweh to be replaced with warm bread on the day it was taken away. 8Now one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained there under a vow before Yahweh; his name was Doeg the Edomite, chief of Saul’s shepherds. 9David said to Ahimelech, “Do you have a spear or a sword on hand? I did not bring my sword or my weapons with me, because the king’s business was urgent.” 10The priest said, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah — it is here, wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want to take it, take it; there is no other sword here.” David said, “There is none like it — give it to me.” 11David got up and fled that day from Saul, and went to Achish king of Gath.
