And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.
David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem. This must have been at some future period, because the Jebusites still held the fort (2 Samuel 5:7).
But he put his armour in his tent. This clause, like the former, is proleptical. David being on a temporary visit to his brethren, could have no tent of his own on the field. But on his commencement of a wandering life he would have a tent, in which he kept the armour of Goliath, until it could be deposited in the safe custody of the sanctuary at Nob, where it was placed as a votive offering to the Lord.