# Now is there not here on hand any spear or sword?

Here "on hand" is a metonymy meaning "available." See how you translated this in [1 Samuel 21:3](./03.md). AT: "Do you have a spear or sword that you can give me?" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# weapons

a general name for such things as swords, knives, bows and arrows, and spears

# Valley of Elah

This is the name of a place in Israel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])