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See how your brothers are and bring back some assurance from them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_samuel/17.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />And give these ten cuts of cheese to their captain. See how your brothers are getting along, and bring back a report on how they are doing.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_samuel/17.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Also take these ten cheeses to the commander of their thousand. See if your brothers are well, and bring some token from them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/17.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/17.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of <i>their</i> thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_samuel/17.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And carry these ten cheeses to the captain of <i>their</i> thousand, and see how your brothers fare, and bring back news of them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_samuel/17.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Bring also these ten slices of cheese to the commander of <i>their</i> thousand, and look into the well-being of your brothers and bring back confirmation from them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/17.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Bring also these ten cuts of cheese to the commander of their thousand, and look into the welfare of your brothers, and bring back news of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_samuel/17.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Bring also these ten cuts of cheese to the commander of <i>their</i> thousand, and look into the welfare of your brothers, and bring back news of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_samuel/17.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You shall also bring these ten cuts of cheese to the commander of <i>their</i> thousand, and look into the welfare of your brothers, and bring back a token from them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_samuel/17.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Also take these ten cuts of cheese to the commander of the unit. See how your brothers are doing and bring back news of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_samuel/17.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Also take these ten portions of cheese to the field commander. Check on the well-being of your brothers and bring a confirmation from them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_samuel/17.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Also take these 10 portions of cheese to the field commander. Check on the welfare of your brothers and bring a confirmation from them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_samuel/17.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and bring these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_samuel/17.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />And here are ten large chunks of cheese to take to their commanding officer. Find out how your brothers are doing and bring back something that shows that they're all right. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_samuel/17.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and bring these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_samuel/17.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />And take these ten cheeses to the captain of the regiment. See how your brothers are doing, and bring back some news about them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_samuel/17.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />And take these ten cheeses to the commanding officer. Find out how your brothers are getting along and bring back something to show that you saw them and that they are well. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_samuel/17.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Take these ten pieces of cheese to the commander of the unit, check on the well-being of your brothers, and bring something back from them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_samuel/17.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_samuel/17.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Also take these ten portions of cheese to their commanding officer. Find out how your brothers are doing and bring back their pledge that they received the goods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_samuel/17.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and bring these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers are doing, and bring back news."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_samuel/17.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And carry these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_samuel/17.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />and bring these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand; and see how your brothers are doing, and bring back news.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_samuel/17.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and take these ten cuttings of the cheese to the head of the one thousand, and inspect your brothers for welfare, and receive their pledge.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_samuel/17.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and these ten cuttings of the cheese thou dost take in to the head of the thousand, and thy brethren thou dost inspect for welfare, and their pledge dost receive.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_samuel/17.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And these ten cuttings of milk thou shalt bring to the chief of a thousand; and thou shalt review thy brethren for peace, and take their pledge.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_samuel/17.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And carry these ten little cheeses to the tribune: and go see thy brethren, if they are well: and learn with whom they are placed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_samuel/17.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And you shall carry these ten little cheeses to the tribune. And visit your brothers, to see if they are doing well. And learn with whom they have been stationed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_samuel/17.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Also take these ten cheeses for the field officer. Greet your brothers and bring home some token from them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_samuel/17.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />also take these ten cheeses to the commander of their thousand. See how your brothers fare, and bring some token from them.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_samuel/17.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And carry these ten cheeses to the commander of their thousand and inquire into the welfare of your brothers and bring the news of them to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_samuel/17.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And take to the Commander of a Thousand these ten cheeses of milk and visit your brothers in peace and bring their news to me”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_samuel/17.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And bring these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and to thy brethren shalt thou bring greetings, and take their pledge;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_samuel/17-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H8oQfYUMRZg?start=4784" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/17.htm">David Accepts the Challenge</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">17</span>One day Jesse said to his son David, “Take this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp. <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’êṯ (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: tā·ḇî (V-Hifil-Imperf-2ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">Take also</a> <a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: hā·’êl·leh (Art:: Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">these</a> <a href="/hebrew/6235.htm" title="6235: ‘ă·śe·reṯ (Number-msc) -- Ten. Masculine of term aasarah; from asar; ten.">ten</a> <a href="/hebrew/2757.htm" title="2757: ḥă·ri·ṣê (N-mpc) -- A cut, thing cut, sharp instrument. Or charits; from charats; properly, incisure or incised; hence, a threshing-sledge: also a slice.">portions</a> <a href="/hebrew/2461.htm" title="2461: he·ḥā·lāḇ (Art:: N-ms) -- Milk. From the same as cheleb; milk.">of cheese</a> <a href="/hebrew/8269.htm" title="8269: lə·śar- (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince. From sarar; a head person.">to the commander</a> <a href="/hebrew/505.htm" title="505: hā·’ā·lep̄ (Art:: Number-ms) -- A thousand. Prop, the same as 'eleph; hence a thousand.">of their unit.</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6485.htm" title="6485: tip̄·qōḏ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To attend to, visit, muster, appoint. A primitive root; to visit; by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.">Check</a> <a href="/hebrew/7965.htm" title="7965: lə·šā·lō·wm (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Or shalom; from shalam; safe, i.e. well, happy, friendly; also welfare, i.e. Health, prosperity, peace.">on the welfare</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/251.htm" title="251: ’a·ḥe·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- A brother. A primitive word; a brother (like 'ab).">of your brothers</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: tiq·qāḥ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">and bring back</a> <a href="/hebrew/6161.htm" title="6161: ‘ă·rub·bā·ṯām (N-fsc:: 3mp) -- Feminine passive participle of Anammelek in the sense of a bargain or exchange; something given as security, i.e. a token or a bondsman.">an assurance from them.</a> </span><span class="reftext">19</span>They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/37-13.htm">Genesis 37:13-14</a></span><br />Israel said to him, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flocks at Shechem? Get ready; I am sending you to them.” “I am ready,” Joseph replied. / Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/16-15.htm">Numbers 16:15</a></span><br />Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not regard their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/16-11.htm">1 Samuel 16:11</a></span><br />And Samuel asked him, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied, “but he is tending the sheep.” “Send for him,” Samuel replied. “For we will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/25-18.htm">1 Samuel 25:18</a></span><br />Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five butchered sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs. She loaded them on donkeys<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/17-29.htm">2 Samuel 17:29</a></span><br />honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/4-42.htm">2 Kings 4:42</a></span><br />Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/13-10.htm">Nehemiah 13:10-13</a></span><br />I also learned that because the portions for the Levites had not been given to them, all the Levites and singers responsible for performing the service had gone back to their own fields. / So I rebuked the officials and asked, “Why has the house of God been neglected?” Then I gathered the Levites and singers together and stationed them at their posts, / and all Judah brought a tenth of the grain, new wine, and oil into the storerooms. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/18-16.htm">Proverbs 18:16</a></span><br />A man’s gift opens doors for him, and brings him before great men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-10.htm">Isaiah 57:10</a></span><br />You are wearied by your many journeys, but you did not say, “There is no hope!” You found renewal of your strength; therefore you did not grow weak.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/37-21.htm">Jeremiah 37:21</a></span><br />So King Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread daily from the street of the bakers, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/10-42.htm">Matthew 10:42</a></span><br />And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/25-35.htm">Matthew 25:35-40</a></span><br />For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in, / I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’ / Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/9-41.htm">Mark 9:41</a></span><br />Indeed, if anyone gives you even a cup of water because you bear the name of Christ, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/10-34.htm">Luke 10:34-35</a></span><br />He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. / The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Take care of him,’ he said, ‘and on my return I will repay you for any additional expense.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-8.htm">John 4:8</a></span><br />(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And carry these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and look how your brothers fare, and take their pledge.</p><p class="hdg">carry</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/16-20.htm">1 Samuel 16:20</a></b></br> And Jesse took an ass <i>laden</i> with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent <i>them</i> by David his son unto Saul.</p><p class="hdg">cheeses [heb] cheeses of milk</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/17-29.htm">2 Samuel 17:29</a></b></br> And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that <i>were</i> with him, to eat: for they said, The people <i>is</i> hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/10-10.htm">Job 10:10</a></b></br> Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?</p><p class="hdg">their thousand [heb] a thousand </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/37-14.htm">Genesis 37:14</a></b></br> And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/15-36.htm">Acts 15:36</a></b></br> And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, <i>and see</i> how they do.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-5.htm">1 Thessalonians 3:5,6</a></b></br> For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/28-66.htm">Assurance</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-50.htm">Captain</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-17.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/job/10-10.htm">Cheese</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-50.htm">Commander</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-11.htm">Cuts</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-5.htm">Cuttings</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-7.htm">Head</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-17.htm">Inspect</a> <a href="/1_samuel/16-2.htm">News</a> <a href="/joshua/2-12.htm">Pledge</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-4.htm">Receive</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-10.htm">Sign</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-17.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-5.htm">Thousand</a> <a href="/joshua/2-12.htm">Token</a> <a href="/exodus/36-18.htm">Unit</a> <a href="/judges/15-1.htm">Visit</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-4.htm">Welfare</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/esther/9-30.htm">Assurance</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-55.htm">Captain</a> <a href="/1_samuel/20-40.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/2_samuel/17-29.htm">Cheese</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-55.htm">Commander</a> <a href="/1_samuel/20-15.htm">Cuts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-37.htm">Cuttings</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-38.htm">Head</a> <a href="/2_samuel/24-4.htm">Inspect</a> <a href="/1_samuel/19-21.htm">News</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-23.htm">Pledge</a> <a href="/1_samuel/26-22.htm">Receive</a> <a href="/2_samuel/18-21.htm">Sign</a> <a href="/1_samuel/18-7.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/1_samuel/18-13.htm">Thousand</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/4-32.htm">Token</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-11.htm">Unit</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-5.htm">Visit</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-22.htm">Welfare</a><div class="vheading2">1 Samuel 17</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-1.htm">The armies of the Israelites and Philistines being ready to battle</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-4.htm">Goliath challenges a combat</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-12.htm">David, sent by his father to visit his brothers, takes the challenge</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-28.htm">Eliab chides him</a></span><br><span class="reftext">30. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-30.htm">He is brought to Saul</a></span><br><span class="reftext">32. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-32.htm">shows the reason of his confidence</a></span><br><span class="reftext">38. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-38.htm">and slays the giant</a></span><br><span class="reftext">55. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-55.htm">Saul takes notice of David</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The act of sending cheese to the commander highlights the importance of maintaining good relations with military leaders, as well as the practical need to supply soldiers with food. This gesture reflects the cultural practice of offering gifts to those in authority, which is seen throughout the Old Testament. The number ten often symbolizes completeness or divine order in the Bible, suggesting that David's task was thorough and well-planned. This act of service by David foreshadows his future role as a leader who cares for his people, much like Jesus, who is described as the Good Shepherd in <a href="/john/10-11.htm">John 10:11</a>.<p><b>Check on the welfare of your brothers</b><br>David's mission to check on his brothers aligns with the familial responsibilities emphasized in the culture of ancient Israel, where family ties were strong and caring for one's kin was a priority. This phrase underscores the importance of family loyalty and concern, which is a recurring theme in the Bible. It also sets the stage for David's encounter with Goliath, as his obedience to his father Jesse's request leads him to the battlefield. This mirrors the obedience of Christ to His Father, as seen in <a href="/john/6-38.htm">John 6:38</a>, where Jesus states He came to do the will of the Father.<p><b>and bring back an assurance from them.</b><br>The request for assurance indicates a desire for a report on the brothers' safety and well-being, reflecting the anxiety and uncertainty of wartime. This phrase highlights the importance of communication and accountability within families and communities. In a broader biblical context, it can be seen as a precursor to the role of prophets and leaders who bring back messages from God to His people. David's role as a messenger here is a type of Christ, who is the ultimate messenger and assurance of God's love and salvation, as seen in <a href="/hebrews/1.htm">Hebrews 1:1-2</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The youngest son of Jesse, who is tasked with delivering food to his brothers and checking on their welfare. This task sets the stage for his encounter with Goliath.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesse.htm">Jesse</a></b><br>David's father, who sends David to the battlefield with provisions for his brothers and their commander.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/d/david's_brothers.htm">David's Brothers</a></b><br>They are part of the Israelite army facing the Philistines. David is sent to check on their well-being.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/commander_of_their_thousand.htm">Commander of their Thousand</a></b><br>A military leader responsible for a unit of a thousand soldiers, to whom David is to deliver cheese.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelite_camp.htm">Israelite Camp</a></b><br>The location where the Israelite army is encamped, facing the Philistine threat, including Goliath.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_in_small_tasks.htm">Obedience in Small Tasks</a></b><br>David's willingness to obey his father's seemingly mundane request demonstrates faithfulness in small tasks, which God often uses to prepare us for greater responsibilities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_providence.htm">God's Providence</a></b><br>This verse illustrates how God orchestrates events behind the scenes. David's simple errand leads to his pivotal role in defeating Goliath, showing that God uses ordinary circumstances for His purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/concern_for_others.htm">Concern for Others</a></b><br>Jesse's concern for his sons' well-being is a model for us to care for and check on the welfare of those around us, reflecting God's love and care.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/preparation_for_greater_challenges.htm">Preparation for Greater Challenges</a></b><br>David's task of delivering food and checking on his brothers is a step in his preparation for facing Goliath. God often uses everyday tasks to prepare us for future challenges.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_samuel_17.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Samuel 17</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_christians_act_like_non-christians.htm">Why do Christians often act just like non-Christians?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_1_sam_12_14-15_contradict_deut_17.htm">Why does Samuel's speech in 1 Samuel 12:14-15 seem at odds with earlier promises of a king in Deuteronomy 17:14-20?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/david's_absence__align_or_contradict.htm">1 Chronicles 20:1: How does David's apparent absence during the battle align with or contradict other accounts of his military leadership?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_god_greater_than_our_hearts.htm">What did Jesus mean by 'I Am with You Always'?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_samuel/17.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) <span class= "bld">Look how thy brethren fare.</span>--The same learned commentator (Wordsworth), following out this curious line of Patristic interpretation, remarks on these words: "David is sent by his father to his brethren from Bethlehem. So the Divine David, Jesus Christ, who was born at Bethlehem, was sent to His brethren by his Heavenly Father." He completes the analogy between David and Christ by pointing out how David was ill-received by his brethren, though he came at his father's bidding to show them an act of kindness; so Christ, when sent by His Father from heaven on an embassy of love, was ill-received by His own brethren, the Jews. "He came unto His own, and His own received Him not" (<a href="/john/1-11.htm" title="He came to his own, and his own received him not.">John 1:11</a>).<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_samuel/17-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Take also</span><br /><span class="heb">תָּבִ֖יא</span> <span class="translit">(tā·ḇî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">these</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֵ֔לֶּה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’êl·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> </span><span class="str2">These, those</span><br /><br /><span class="word">ten</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲשֶׂ֜רֶת</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·śe·reṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6235.htm">Strong's 6235: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ten</span><br /><br /><span class="word">portions</span><br /><span class="heb">חֲרִצֵ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(ḥă·ri·ṣê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2757.htm">Strong's 2757: </a> </span><span class="str2">Incisure, incised, a threshing-sledge, a slice</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of cheese</span><br /><span class="heb">הֶֽחָלָב֙</span> <span class="translit">(he·ḥā·lāḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2461.htm">Strong's 2461: </a> </span><span class="str2">Milk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the commander</span><br /><span class="heb">לְשַׂר־</span> <span class="translit">(lə·śar-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8269.htm">Strong's 8269: </a> </span><span class="str2">Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of [their] unit.</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָ֑לֶף</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·lep̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Number - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_505.htm">Strong's 505: </a> </span><span class="str2">A thousand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Check</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּפְקֹ֣ד</span> <span class="translit">(tip̄·qōḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6485.htm">Strong's 6485: </a> </span><span class="str2">To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on the welfare</span><br /><span class="heb">לְשָׁל֔וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(lə·šā·lō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7965.htm">Strong's 7965: </a> </span><span class="str2">Safe, well, happy, friendly, welfare, health, prosperity, peace</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of your brothers</span><br /><span class="heb">אַחֶ֙יךָ֙</span> <span class="translit">(’a·ḥe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_251.htm">Strong's 251: </a> </span><span class="str2">A brother, )</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and bring back</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּקָּֽח׃</span> <span class="translit">(tiq·qāḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">an assurance from them.</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲרֻבָּתָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·rub·bā·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6161.htm">Strong's 6161: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something given as security, a token, a bondsman</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/17-18.htm">1 Samuel 17:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_samuel/17-18.htm">1 Samuel 17:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_samuel/17-18.htm">1 Samuel 17:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/17-18.htm">1 Samuel 17:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/17-18.htm">1 Samuel 17:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/17-18.htm">1 Samuel 17:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_samuel/17-18.htm">1 Samuel 17:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_samuel/17-18.htm">1 Samuel 17:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_samuel/17-18.htm">1 Samuel 17:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_samuel/17-18.htm">1 Samuel 17:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_samuel/17-18.htm">OT History: 1 Samuel 17:18 And bring these ten cheeses to (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_samuel/17-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 17:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 17:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_samuel/17-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 17:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 17:19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>