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.
• 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.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)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.”

Context of 1 Samuel 17:18

16For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening and took his stand. 17Now 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. Take along these ten cheeses to the commander of their unit. See how your brothers are and bring back some assurance from them. 19They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.” 20Early in the morning David left the flock in the care of a shepherd, loaded up and set out, as Jesse had directed. He reached the camp as the army was going out to its battle positions, shouting the 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 16:20So Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine and a young goat and sent them with his son David to Saul.
• 2 Samuel 17:29honey and curds, sheep, and cheese from cows’ milk for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become exhausted and hungry and thirsty in the wilderness.”
• Job 10:10Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese,
• Genesis 37:14So he said to him, “Go and see if all is well with your brothers and with the flocks, and bring word back to me.” Then he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. When Joseph arrived at Shechem,
• Acts 15:36Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the believers in all the towns where we preached the word of the Lord and see how they are doing.”
• 1 Thessalonians 3:5For this reason, when I could stand it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith. I was afraid that in some way the tempter had tempted you and that our labors might have been in vain.

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