World English Bible
1 Samuel 17:17
“Jesse said to David his son, "Now take for your brothers an ephah of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry [them] quickly to the camp to your brothers;”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 17
15
Now David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.
16
The Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
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Jesse said to David his son, "Now take for your brothers an ephah of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry [them] quickly to the camp to your brothers;
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and bring these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers are doing, and bring back news.
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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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The rise of Israel’s monarchy with Samuel, Saul, and David.
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