King James Version (KJV)
1 Samuel 17:20
“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.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 17
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And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of [their] thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
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Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, [were] in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
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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.
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For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.
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And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.
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