1 Samuel 17:20

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

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.

Literal

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.

Latin

Surrexit itaque David mane, et commendavit gregem custodi: et onustus abiit, sicut præceperat ei Isai. Et venit ad locum Magala, et ad exercitum, qui egressus ad pugnam vociferatus erat in certamine.

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Hebrew

English

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.

Notes

Theme notes and profiles

Abner David Saul David's Response to Unfriendly Leaders

Events

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1 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.
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.
Ephesians 6:1–2
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
1 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!”
1 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.

People

David: Anointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christ Jesse: Father of King David

Glossary

Achish David Eliab Giants Goliath Helmet Psalm 151 Samuel, Books of First and Second Warfare

Topics

Armies: Commenced Battles with a Shout Armies: March in Ranks: Battle Shouts Armies: March in Ranks: Champions Fight Instead of Battle: Shouting In Championship: Goliath and David Decision: David Early Rising: David Good Children: David Jesse: Sons in Saul's Army Rising: David Sheep: Flocks of Attended by Servants Shepherds: had Hired Keepers Under Them

1 Samuel 17:20

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