1 Samuel 21:1

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Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said to him, Why are you alone, and no man with you?

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Gath was a major Philistine city on the coastal plain, while the Valley of Elah lay west of Bethlehem and was the site of David’s victory over Goliath. Though neither is named in this verse, both frame David’s earlier conflict with the

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1 Samuel 21:1 mentions Gath and Valley of Elah.

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