World English Bible
1 Samuel 17:20
“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 place of the wagons, as the army which was going forth to the fight shouted for the battle.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 17
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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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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 place of the wagons, as the army which was going forth to the fight shouted for the battle.
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Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.
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David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran to the army, and came and greeted his brothers.
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