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1Sa_21:8 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.
Ver. 8. Is there not here under thine hand spear or sword?] He well knew there was Goliath’s sword, and he greatly desired it; as knowing that there was more in it than metal and form: he counted it as it were a sacrament, saith Peter Martyr; and his arm was not so much strengthened by it as his faith. At this therefore did his suit here aim. It is good to take all occasions of renewing the remembrance of God’s mercies to us, and our obligations to him.
Because the king’ s business.] Another lie. See 1Sa_21:2. Sin is of an encroaching nature, one lie makes way for another. See Psa_119:69. {See Trapp on "Psa_119:69"}