1 Samuel 21:8

8 Y David dijo a Ahimelec: ¿No tienes aquí a mano una lanza o una espada? Pues no traje ni espada ni armas conmigo, porque el asunto del rey era urgente.

1 Samuel 21:8 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 21:8

And David said unto Ahimelech
After he had given him some of the loaves of the shewbread:

and is there not here under thine hand spear or sword?
any weapon, meaning in the tabernacle, and in his keeping, and at his disposal; he knew the sword of Goliath was there, and perhaps had a principal view to it, and put this question in order to get that in his possession:

for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me;
neither his sword, nor any part of his armour, but was come quite naked and unarmed and, as he pretended,

because the king's business required haste;
still continuing his lie; whereas the true reason was, he was let down in haste by his wife through a window of his house, and could not stay to take his armour with him; and had lain hid for some time, and passed incognito from place to place, and without armour, that he might be the less known and observed, and least suspected; though it may seem strange that Jonathan had not provided him with a sword.

1 Samuel 21:8 In-Context

6 Entonces el sacerdote le dio pan consagrado; porque allí no había otro pan, sino el pan de la Presencia que había sido quitado de delante del SEÑOR para colocar pan caliente en su lugar al ser retirado.

7 Y uno de los siervos de Saúl estaba allí aquel día, detenido delante del SEÑOR; se llamaba Doeg edomita, jefe de los pastores de Saúl.

8 Y David dijo a Ahimelec: ¿No tienes aquí a mano una lanza o una espada? Pues no traje ni espada ni armas conmigo, porque el asunto del rey era urgente.

9 Entonces el sacerdote dijo: He aquí, la espada de Goliat el filisteo, a quien mataste en el valle de Ela, está envuelta en un paño detrás del efod; si quieres llevártela, tómala, porque aquí no hay otra sino ésa. Y David dijo: Como ésa no hay otra; dámela.

10 David se levantó y huyó aquel día de Saúl, y fue a donde estaba Aquis, rey de Gat.