Christian Standard Bible
1 Samuel 17:18
18Also take these ten portions of cheese to the field commander. Check on the well-being of your brothers and bring a confirmation from them.
1 Samuel 17:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
- New International Version (NIV)Take along these ten cheeses to the commander of their unit. See how your brothers are and bring back some assurance from them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Also take these ten cheeses to the commander of their thousand. See if your brothers are well, and bring some token from them."
- New King James Version (NKJV)And carry these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers fare, and bring back news of them.”
Context of 1 Samuel 17:18
16Every morning and evening for forty days the Philistine came forward and took his stand. 17One day Jesse had told his son David, “Take this half-bushel of roasted grain along with these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp. 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. 19They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah fighting with the Philistines.” 20So David got up early in the morning, left the flock with someone to keep it, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had charged him. He arrived at the perimeter of the camp as the army was marching out to its battle formation shouting their battle cry.
Read all of 1 Samuel 171 Samuel 17:18 word by word
וְ֠אֵת עֲשֶׂ֜רֶת חֲרִצֵ֤י הֶֽחָלָב֙ הָאֵ֔לֶּה תָּבִ֖יא לְשַׂר־הָאָ֑לֶף וְאֶת־אַחֶ֙יךָ֙ תִּפְקֹ֣ד לְשָׁל֔וֹם וְאֶת־עֲרֻבָּתָ֖ם תִּקָּֽח׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And carryבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
- these tenעֶשֶׂר‛eώer ‛ăώârâh · tenH6235
- cheesesחָרִיץchârîyts chârits · incisionH2757
- cheesesחָלָבchâlâb · milkH2461
- unto the captainשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
- thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
- and lookפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: visitH6485
- how thy brethrenאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
- fareשָׁלוֹםshâlôm shâlôm · peace: well-beingH7965
- and takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: bringH3947
- their pledgeעֲרֻבָּה‛ărûbbâh · pledgeH6161
Cross-references for 1 Samuel 17:18
- 1 Samuel 16:20So Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a wineskin, and one young goat and sent them by his son David to Saul.
- 2 Samuel 17:29honey, curds, sheep, goats, and cheese from the herd for David and the people with him to eat. They had reasoned, “The people must be hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”
- Job 10:10Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese?
- Genesis 37:14Then Israel said to him, “Go and see how your brothers and the flocks are doing, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him from the Hebron Valley, and he went to Shechem.
- Acts 15:36After some time had passed, Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s go back and visit the brothers and sisters in every town where we have preached the word of the Lord and see how they’re doing.”
- 1 Thessalonians 3:5For this reason, when I could no longer stand it, I also sent him to find out about your faith, fearing that the tempter had tempted you and that our labor might be for nothing.
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 17:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Carry these ten cheeses - Cheeses of milk, says the margin. In the East they do not make what we call cheese: they press the milk but slightly, and carry it in rush baskets. It is highly salted, and little different from curds.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18Take their pledge - i. e., bring back what they have to say in return.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-30Verses 12-30 Jesse little thought of sending his son to the army at that critical juncture; but the wise God orders actions and affairs, so as to serve his designs. In times of general formality and lukewarmness, every degree of zeal which implies readiness to go further, or to venture more in the cause of God than others, will be blamed as pride and ambition, and by none more than by near relations, like Eliab, or negligent superiors. It was a trial of…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. carry these ten cheeses to the captain--to enlist his kind attention. Oriental cheeses are very small; and although they are frequently made of so soft a consistence as to resemble curds, those which David carried seem to have been fully formed, pressed, and sufficiently dried to admit of their being carried. take their pledge--Tokens of the soldiers' health and safety were sent home in the convenient form of a lock of their hair, or piece of their…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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