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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 · WEB

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ગુજરાતી1 શમુએલ ૨૧:૮
દાઉદે અહીમેલેખને કહ્યું, “હવે તારા હાથમાં ભાલો કે તલવાર નથી? રાજાનું કામ ઉતાવળું હતું, તેથી હું મારી તલવાર કે મારું શસ્ત્ર મારી સાથે લાવ્યો નથી.”
हिन्दी1 शमूएल २१:८
फिर दाऊद ने अहीमेलेक से पूछा, “क्या यहाँ तेरे पास कोई भाला या तलवार नहीं है? क्योंकि मुझे राजा के काम की ऐसी जल्दी थी कि मैं न तो तलवार साथ लाया हूँ, और न अपना कोई हथियार ही लाया।”

In context

6So the priest gave him holy bread; for there was no bread there but the show bread that was taken from before the LORD, to be replaced with hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

7Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the best of the herdsmen who belonged to Saul.

8David 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.”

9The 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.”

10David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

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