Ahimelech answered, "I have the sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in Elah Valley; it is behind the ephod, wrapped in a cloth. If you want it, take it---it's the only weapon here." "Give it to me," David said. "There is not a better sword anywhere!"

David captured the gold shields carried by Hadadezer's officials and took them to Jerusalem.

Shelomith and the members of his family were in charge of all the gifts dedicated to God by King David, the heads of families, leaders of clan groups, and army officers.

They took some of the loot they captured in battle and dedicated it for use in the Temple.

When King Solomon finished all the work on the Temple, he placed in the Temple storerooms all the things that his father David had dedicated to the LORD ---the silver, gold, and other articles.

Jehoiada gave the officers the spears and shields that had belonged to King David and had been kept in the Temple.

He stationed the men with drawn swords all around the front of the Temple, to protect the king.