David said to Ahimelech, “Now is there no spear or sword on hand? For I brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s matter was urgent.”

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Spear or sword? —We may well suppose to what David pointed when he made his request—the famous sword, the trophy of the c…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And David said to Ahimelech
After he had given him some of the loaves of the shewbread:

and is th…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

David, in distress, fled to the tabernacle of God. It is a great comfort in a day of trouble that we have a God to approach, to whom we may share o…