1Sa 21:9 | KD | STEP | The priest replied, that there was only the sword of Goliath, whom David slew in the terebinth valley ( ), wrapped up in a cloth hanging behind the ephod (the high priest’s shoulder-dress), - a sign of the great worth attached to this dedicatory offering. He could take that. David accepted it, as a weapon of greater value to him than any other, because he had not only taken this sword as booty from the Philistine, but had cut off the head of Goliath with it (see ). When and how this sword had come into the tabernacle is not known (see the remarks on ). The form בּזּה for בּזה is only met with here. On the Piska , see at Jos 4:1.

‏ 1 Samuel 21:9

The priest replied, that there was only the sword of Goliath, whom David slew in the terebinth valley (1Sa 17:2), wrapped up in a cloth hanging behind the ephod (the high priest’s shoulder-dress), - a sign of the great worth attached to this dedicatory offering. He could take that. David accepted it, as a weapon of greater value to him than any other, because he had not only taken this sword as booty from the Philistine, but had cut off the head of Goliath with it (see 1Sa 17:51). When and how this sword had come into the tabernacle is not known (see the remarks on 1Sa 17:54). The form בּזּה for בּזה is only met with here. On the Piska, see at Jos 4:1.