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1 Samuel 21:9

And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.

KJV

Et dixit sacerdos : Ecce hic gladius Goliath Philisthæi, quem percussisti in Valle terebinthi : est involutus pallio post ephod : si istum vis tollere, tolle : neque enim hic est alius absque eo. Et ait David : Non est huic alter similis : da mihi eum.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ἱερεύς Ἰδοὺ ἡ ῥομφαία Γολιὰθ τοῦ ἀλλοφύλου, ὃν ἐπάταξας ἐν τῇ κοιλάδι Ἠλά· καὶ αὐτὴ ἐνειλημένη ἦν ἐν ἱματίῳ· εἰ ταύτην λήμψῃ, σεαυτῷ λάβε, ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἑτέρα παρὲξ ταύτης ἐνταῦθα. καὶ εἶπεν Δαυείδ Ἰδοὺ οὐκ ἔστιν ὥσπερ αὐτή, δός μοι αὐτήν.

LXX

And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the vale of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it; for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר דָּוִד֙ לַ/אֲחִימֶ֔לֶךְ וְ/אִ֛ין יֶשׁ פֹּ֥ה תַֽחַת יָדְ/ךָ֖ חֲנִ֣ית אוֹ חָ֑רֶב כִּ֣י גַם חַרְבִּ֤/י וְ/גַם כֵּלַ/י֙ לֹֽא לָקַ֣חְתִּי בְ/יָדִ֔/י כִּֽי הָיָ֥ה דְבַר הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ נָחֽוּץ

Hebrew

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In this verse

People DavidElahGoliath
Places Valley of Elah

In the original Hebrew

20 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

א֣וֹ
'v
conjunction · 311×
אֲחִימֶ֖לֶךְ
'chymlk
proper_noun · 17×
אִ֛ין
'yn
particle · 1×
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
דָּוִ֔ד
dvd
proper_noun · 1067×
ו
v
noun · 324×
ו
v
noun · 505×
וֹ
v
noun · 48×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
חֶ֖רֶב
chrb
noun · 409×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יֶשׁ
ysh
pronoun · 137×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
נָחֽוּץ
nchvts
verb · 1×
פֹּ֖ה
ph
adverb · 82×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 17:2 — And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
  • 1Sam 17:2 — And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
  • 1Sam 17:50 — So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
  • 1Sam 17:51 — Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion
  • 1Sam 31:10 — And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan.