1 Samuel 17:18

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

16Each morning and evening for 40 days, the Philistine came forward and made his challenge. 17Jesse told his son David, “Take this half-bushel of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread to your brothers. Take them to your brothers in the camp right away. And take these ten cheeses to the captain of the regiment. See how your brothers are doing, and bring back some news about them. 19They, along with Saul and all the soldiers of Israel, are in the Elah Valley fighting the Philistines.” 20David got up early in the morning and had someone else watch ⌞the sheep⌟. He took ⌞the food⌟ and went, as Jesse ordered him. He went to the camp as the army was going out to the battle line shouting their war cry.

1 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 16:20Jesse took six bushels of bread, a full wineskin, and a young goat and sent them with his son David to Saul.
• 2 Samuel 17:29honey, buttermilk, sheep, and calves. They brought these things because they thought, “The troops in the desert are hungry, exhausted, and thirsty.”
• Job 10:10Didn’t you pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese?
• Genesis 37:14So Israel said, “See how your brothers and the flocks are doing, and bring some news back to me.” Then he sent Joseph away from the Hebron Valley. When Joseph came to Shechem,
• Acts 15:36After a while Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s go back to every city where we spread the Lord’s word. We’ll visit the believers to see how they’re doing.”
• 1 Thessalonians 3:5But when I couldn’t wait any longer, I sent ⌞Timothy⌟ to find out about your faith. I wanted to see whether the tempter had in some way tempted you, making our work meaningless.

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

Topics related to 1 Samuel 17:18

• Armies
• Captain
• Championship
• Cheese
• Food
• Jesse

In the dictionaries

• Arise
• Assay
• Carriage
• Cause
• Cheese
• Coat
• David
• Elhanan
• Jesse
• Naughtiness

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