撒母耳记上 17:20

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

大衛清早起來，把羊群託給一個看守的人，就照著耶西所吩咐他的，帶著食物去了。他來到軍營中的時候，軍隊正出去列陣，吶喊助陣。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
大 卫 早 晨 起 来 ， 将 羊 交 托 一 个 看 守 的 人 ， 照 着 他 父 亲 所 吩 咐 的 话 ， 带 着 食 物 去 了 。 到 了 辎 重 营 ， 军 兵 刚 出 到 战 场 ， 呐 喊 要 战 。

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

left the sheep: 1 Samuel 17:28, Ephesians 6:1, Ephesians 6:2

trench: or, place of the carriage, 1 Samuel 26:5, Luke 19:43

fight: or, battle array, or place of fight

Reciprocal: Exodus 32:17 - There is a noise Joshua 6:5 - the people Jeremiah 50:14 - in array Ezekiel 21:22 - to lift

Cross-References

Genesis 17:10
This is my agreement with you and all your descendants, which you must obey: Every male among you must be circumcised.

Genesis 17:12
From now on when a baby boy is eight days old, you will circumcise him. This includes any boy born among your people or any who is your slave, who is not one of your descendants.

Genesis 17:18
Then Abraham said to God, "Please let Ishmael be the son you promised."

Genesis 21:13
I will also make the descendants of Ishmael into a great nation because he is your son, too."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And David rose up early in the morning,.... Being very ready and eager to obey his father's orders, and visit his brethren:

and left the sheep with a keeper; which showed his care and faithfulness in the discharge of his office; he was not unmindful of his father's sheep, any more than of his commands:

and took; the ephah of parched corn, the ten loaves, and the ten cheeses:

and went, as Jesse had commanded him; went and carried them to the camp, according to his orders:

and he came to the trench; foss or ditch, which was cast up all around the army, partly to prevent the enemy falling on them before, and partly to prevent deserters from them behind; or the word signifying a wagon or carriage, which is here used, this might be a fence around the camp made of wagons fastened to each other; though it may only signify, the camp itself, which lay in a circular form, with proper guards about it to watch the enemy. Now David came up to it just

as the host was going forth to the fight; preparing and getting every thing ready to the battle, and in motion, and upon the march to meet the enemy:

and shouted for the battle; which was usually done when about to make the onset, to animate the soldiers, and strike the greater terror into the enemy; and this noise was sometimes made with the voice in a hideous and howling way, and was called "barritus" a by the Romans; with the Trojans it was like the noise of cranes in the air b; it was also attended with the clashing of shields and spears c; with the Persians, it was a rough, boisterous, and confused noise d.

a Vid. Valtrimum de re militar. Roman. l. 5. c. 3. p. 314, 315. & A. Gell. Noct. Attic. l. 1. c. 11. b Homer. Iliad. 3. ver. 1, 2, 3. c Vid. Lydium de re militari, l. 4. c. 3. p. 158, 159. d Curt. Hist. l. 3. c. 10. Vid. Alex. ab Alex. Genial. Dier. l. 4. c. 7.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The trench - Rather, “the wagons,” which were all put together in the camp so as to form a kind of bulwark or fortification (see 1 Samuel 26:5, 1 Samuel 26:7). Here David left his “carriage” 1 Samuel 17:22, i. e., the things which he had carried, “his things” as we should say, or baggage (translated stuff in 1 Samuel 10:22; 1 Samuel 25:13; 1 Samuel 30:24). There seems to have been an officer (“the keeper,” 1 Samuel 17:22) in the Hebrew army whose charge it was to guard the baggage.