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54 (A)David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem; but he kept Goliath’s armor in his own tent.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 17:54 Jerusalem was a Jebusite city; it came under Israelite control only at the beginning of David’s rule. As a young shepherd, David would not have had a military tent. In 21:10, Goliath’s sword is in the Nob temple.

54 David took the Philistine’s head and brought it to Jerusalem; he put the Philistine’s weapons in his own tent.

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20 Do not report it in Gath,
    as good news in Ashkelon’s streets,
Lest Philistine women rejoice,
    lest the women of the uncircumcised exult!(A)

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20 “Tell it not in Gath,(A)
    proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon,(B)
lest the daughters of the Philistines(C) be glad,
    lest the daughters of the uncircumcised rejoice.(D)

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35 Judas hung Nicanor’s head and arm on the wall of the citadel, a clear and evident sign to all of the Lord’s help.(A)

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