撒母耳记上 17:17

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

有一天，耶西對他的兒子大衛說：“你拿這十公斤烘了的穀子和這十個餅去給你的哥哥們；你要跑到營裡去給你的哥哥們，

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
一 日 ， 耶 西 对 他 儿 子 大 卫 说 ： 你 拿 一 伊 法 烘 了 的 穗 子 和 十 个 饼 ， 速 速 地 送 到 营 里 去 ， 交 给 你 哥 哥 们 ；

Contextual Overview

¹² Now David was the son of Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons. In Saul's time Jesse was an old man. ¹³ His three oldest sons followed Saul to the war. The first son was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah. ¹⁴ David was the youngest. Jesse's three oldest sons followed Saul, ¹⁵ but David went back and forth from Saul to Bethlehem, where he took care of his father's sheep. ¹⁶ For forty days the Philistine came out every morning and evening and stood before the Israelite army. ¹⁷ Jesse said to his son David, "Take this half bushel of cooked grain and ten loaves of bread to your brothers in the camp. ¹⁸ Also take ten pieces of cheese to the commander and to your brothers. See how your brothers are and bring back some proof to show me that they are all right. ¹⁹ Your brothers are with Saul and the army in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines." ²⁰ Early in the morning David left the sheep with another shepherd. He took the food and left as Jesse had told him. When David arrived at the camp, the army was going out to their battle positions, shouting their war cry. ²¹ The Israelites and Philistines were lining up their men to face each other in battle.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Take now: Matthew 7:11, Luke 11:13

parched corn: 1 Samuel 25:18, Ruth 2:14, 2 Samuel 17:28

Reciprocal: Genesis 37:13 - come Genesis 37:14 - see whether it be well with 2 Samuel 16:1 - with a couple

Cross-References

Genesis 17:3
Then Abram bowed facedown on the ground. God said to him,

Genesis 17:19
God said, "No, Sarah your wife will have a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will make my agreement with him to be an agreement that continues forever with all his descendants.

Genesis 17:20
"As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will bless him and give him many descendants. And I will cause their numbers to grow greatly. He will be the father of twelve great leaders, and I will make him into a great nation.

Genesis 18:12
she laughed to herself, "My husband and I are too old to have a baby."

Genesis 21:6
And Sarah said, "God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.

Leviticus 9:24
Fire came out from the Lord and burned up the burnt offering and fat on the altar. When the people saw this, they shouted with joy and bowed facedown on the ground.

Numbers 14:5
Then Moses and Aaron bowed facedown in front of all the Israelites gathered there.

Numbers 16:22
But Moses and Aaron bowed facedown and cried out, "God, you are the God over the spirits of all people. Please don't be angry with this whole group. Only one man has really sinned."

Numbers 16:45
"Move away from these people so I can destroy them quickly." So Moses and Aaron bowed facedown.

Deuteronomy 9:18
Then I again bowed facedown on the ground before the Lord for forty days and forty nights; I did not eat bread or drink water. You had sinned by doing what the Lord said was evil, and you made him angry.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Jesse said unto David his son,.... His youngest son, that was at home with him keeping sheep; he had three more at home, and who were elder than David, and yet he is directed by the providence of God to pick and send him on the following errand, there being work for him to do Jesse knew nothing of:

take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched [corn]; pointing to a quantity of it in a certain place; this was wheat or barley dried in a furnace or oven, and ground into meal, and being mixed with water, or milk, or butter, or honey, or oil, was eaten, and reckoned very delicious; and besides this, there was another sort of "kali", the word here used, which was parched pulse, as beans, peas, c. parched, and which to this day is by the Arabs called by this name x of both which mention is made, 2 Samuel 17:28. Now an "ephah" was as much as ten men could eat in a day, it consisted of ten omers, Exodus 16:16, and the number ten is after used of loaves and cheese:

and these ten loaves of bread; or cakes of bread, as Kimchi interprets it; pieces or morsels of bread, as the Targum; which seems not so agreeable as loaves or cakes, which are not in the text, but to be supplied:

and run to the camp to thy brethren; which, according to Bunting y, was four miles from Bethlehem; and whither it seems he went on foot, and is bid to make haste, and even to run, as his brethren might be in want of provision; and Jesse was very desirous of relieving them, and hearing from them as soon as possible; it is very likely he had a servant or servants to attend him, and assist in carrying this load of provision, which, with what follows, was too much for one man to run with.

x Vid. Bochart. Hierozoic. par. 2. l. 1. c. 7. col. 47. y Travels, &c. p. 135.