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“David said to Ahimelech, “Isn’t there here under your hand spear or sword? For I haven’t brought my sword or my weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste.””
1 Samuel 21:8
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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.
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