Then David asked Ahimelech, “Is there not a spear or sword on hand here? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s mission was urgent.”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.”And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste.And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thy hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste.
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… David said, Give it to me. I got my bread. He said, Now I need a weapon. He said, Well, we don't have regular weapons. Look at what David said in 1 Samuel 21, verse 8. David asked to him like, don't you have a spear or a sword here? I haven't brought my sword or any other weapon because the king's mission was urgent. The priest replied, the sword of Goliath, the enemy you defeated before, the one that had a sword that he was going to kill you with on the day that you didn't even have a sword in your hand but just a sling and a stone, that sword that you took and cut off his head with, the sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah is here. It is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod." If you want it, take it. There's no sword here but that one. David said, I like that one. Tell somebody, I like that one. …
… is there not on hand a spear or a sword? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me because the king's business required haste. Pause there. David, many years have gone by. He's been working for Saul for a while. Saul's been trying to kill him because Saul is low key crazy, okay? And so David has to get out of town. And where does he go? He goes to Nob, sanctuary city of priests. He goes to a place of worship. He goes to where the tabernacle was. He goes to where he could get alone with God. He could talk and get help from God's people. So the priest said, the sword of Goliath, the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah, there it is, wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you will take that, take it. For there is no other except that one here. and David said, there's none like it. Give it to me. Come on, touch three people and tell them, give it to me. …
… I believe it's going to bless you today. 1 Samuel chapter 21 and verse 8. And David said to Ahimelech, Is there not yet on hand a spear or sword? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me. Listen, because the king's business required haste. he's about to go into a battle. The enemy's pursuing him, and he runs into the temple, and he says, I am so busy about the king's business, the king of kings and the lord of lords, that I need a weapon. And the priest smiled, I'm sure, and said, I only have one weapon in here, and it's the one you left many years ago, Iskaliah's sword. And I love that David said that is the very best weapon I could get at this moment. And I want to focus in on the latter part of that verse because this is the king's business. This is the king's business. It, listen, requires. This is not an optional thing. It requires haste. …