1 Samuel 21:9
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The priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if you will take that, take it; for there is no other except that here. David said, There is none like that; give it me.
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageGath was a major Philistine city in the coastal plain, remembered as Goliath’s home; the Valley of Elah lay west of Bethlehem, where David killed him. In this passage, Goliath’s sword recalls God’s earlier deliverance of David as he flees Saul.
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1 Samuel 21:9 mentions Gath and Valley of Elah.
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