C. F. Keil and Franz Delitzsch on 1 Samuel 21:8
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1 Samuel21:8
1Sa 21:8
David also asked Ahimelech whether he had not a sword or a javelin at hand; “for I have neither brought my sword nor my (other) weapons with me, because the affair of the king was pressing,” i.e., very urgent, נחוּץ, ἁπ. λεγ., literally, compressed.
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