1 Samuel 17:20
18 Take also these ten portions of cheese to the commander of their unit. Check on the welfare of your brothers and bring back an assurance from them.
19 They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.”
So David got up early in the morning, left the flock with a keeper, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had instructed him. He reached the camp as the army was marching out to its position and shouting the battle cry.
21 And Israel and the Philistines arrayed in formation against each other.
22 Then David left his supplies in the care of the quartermaster and ran to the battle line. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.
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- BSB
- So David got up early in the morning, left the flock with a keeper, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had instructed him. He reached the camp as the army was marching out to its position and shouting the battle cry.
- KJV
- And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.
- WEB
- David rose up early in the morning and left the sheep with a keeper, and took the provisions and went, as Jesse had commanded him. He came to the place of the wagons as the army which was going out to the fight shouted for the battle.
- ASV
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- DARBY
- And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took his charge and went, as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the wagon-defence; and the host which was going forth to the battle-array shouted for the fight.
- BLB
- And David rose early in the morning, and left the flock with a keeper, and loaded up, and went as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the camp and to the force going out to the fight and shouting for the battle.
- ÅB
- Morgenen etter sto David tidlig opp og overlot småfeet til en gjæter; så tok han det han skulle ha med, og gikk avsted, som Isai hadde befalt ham. Da han kom til vognborgen, dro hæren nettopp ut for å fylke seg til strid og oppløftet krigsropet.
- OTB
- Så sto David tidlig opp om morgenen, forlot flokken hos en vokter, tok forsyningene og dro som Isai hadde befalt ham. Han kom til leiren akkurat da hæren gikk ut til slaglinjen og ropte krigsropet.
- B1930
- Morgenen efter stod David tidlig op og overlot småfeet til en gjæter; så tok han det han skulde ha med, og gikk avsted, som Isai hadde befalt ham. Da han kom til vognborgen, drog hæren nettop ut for å fylke sig til strid og opløftet krigsropet.
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Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 19:43
For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.
Read in context1 Samuel 26:5
Then David set out and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general of his army, had lain down. Saul was lying inside the inner circle of the camp, with the troops camped around him.
Read in context1 Samuel 17:28
Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”
Read in context1 Samuel 26:7
That night David and Abishai came to the troops, and Saul was lying there asleep in the inner circle of the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the troops were lying around him.
Read in contextEphesians 6:1–2
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
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