And he said to him, Now go, see the welfare of your brothers, and the welfare of the flock, and bring word back to me. And he sent him out of the valley of Hebron. And he came to Shechem.
And the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish answered and said to their brothers, Do you not know that there are in these houses an ephod and household idols, and a graven image, and a molten image? And now, you know what you are to do.
And you shall take these ten cuttings of cheese to the commander of the thousand, and you shall visit your brothers, as to their well-being; and you shall bring their token.
And David left the goods on him into the hands of the keeper of the goods, and he ran to the army, and came and asked his brothers of their well-being.