1 Samuel 17:20

Good News Translation

David got up early the next morning, left someone else in charge of the sheep, took the food, and went as Jesse had told him to. He arrived at the camp just as the Israelites were going out to their battle line, shouting the war cry.

Cross References

Luke 19:43

The time will come when your enemies will surround you with barricades, blockade you, and close in on you from every side.

Joshua 3:1

The next morning Joshua and all the people of Israel got up early, left the camp at Acacia, and went to the Jordan, where they camped while waiting to cross it.

1 Samuel 15:12

Early the following morning he went off to find Saul. He heard that Saul had gone to the town of Carmel, where he had built a monument to himself, and then had gone on to Gilgal.

1 Samuel 17:19

King Saul, your brothers, and all the other Israelites are in Elah Valley fighting the Philistines.”

1 Samuel 17:21

The Philistine and the Israelite armies took positions for battle, facing each other.

1 Samuel 17:28

Eliab, David's oldest brother, heard David talking to the men. He became angry with David and said, “What are you doing here? Who is taking care of those sheep of yours out there in the wilderness? You smart aleck, you! You just came to watch the fighting!”

1 Samuel 26:5

He went at once and located the exact place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, commander of Saul's army, slept. Saul slept inside the camp, and his men camped around him.

1 Samuel 26:7

So that night David and Abishai entered Saul's camp and found Saul sleeping in the center of the camp with his spear stuck in the ground near his head. Abner and the troops were sleeping around him.