And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod — Ahimelech's revelation (*cherev Golyat ha'Philishti asher hikita b'emek ha'Elah*) offers David the sword of his greatest triumph, the weapon he stripped from the dead giant. The *tzrura betalit acharei ha'ephod* (wrapped in cloth behind the ephod) places Goliath's sword in the sacred precinct, itself a kind of trophy of conquest, a memorial of divine victory.

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