137 Relationship Between Saul and David Ahimelech providesnobody should be exposed to ( 1 Sam 21 : 3 ) . 44 David with hallowed bread . Here the narrator inserts an intrusive ominous foreshadowing remark about the presence at that day of a high - ranking official, “Doeg the Edomite, the chief of the herdsmen who belonged to Saul” ( cf . Alter 1999 : 132 ; Polzin 1989 : 198 ) . Then the narrator continues to tell that after a short discussion about David’s request for a sword or a spear, Ahimelech offers David the sword of Goliath that was preserved in the shrine, probably to commemorate the victory of David over Goliath, which is interpreted as the vic - tory of the Lord . David happily takes it . The intrusive observation about the presence of Doeg inserted between the bread supply and David’s taking of Goliath’s sword should indeed sound the alarm for hints that one should be concerned ) דאג ( the reader . The name Doeg and even worried what Doeg will tell the king about Ahimelech’s ...
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