1 Samuel 17:20

New International Reader's Version

Early in the morning David left his father’s flock in the care of a shepherd. David loaded up the food and started out, just as Jesse had directed. David reached the camp as the army was going out to its battle positions. The soldiers were shouting the war cry.

Cross References

Luke 19:43

The days will come when your enemies will arrive. They will build a wall of dirt up against your city. They will surround you and close you in on every side.

Joshua 3:1

Early one morning Joshua and all the Israelites started out from Shittim. They went down to the Jordan River. They camped there before they went across it.

1 Samuel 15:12

Early the next morning Samuel got up. He went to see Saul. But Samuel was told, “Saul went to Carmel. There he set up a monument in his own honor. Now he has gone on down to Gilgal.”

1 Samuel 17:19

They are with Saul and all the men of Israel. They are in the Valley of Elah. They are fighting against the Philistines.”

1 Samuel 17:21

The Israelites and the Philistines were lining up their armies for battle. The armies were facing each other.

1 Samuel 17:28

David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking with the men. So Eliab became very angry with him. Eliab asked David, “Why have you come down here? Who is taking care of those few sheep in the desert for you? I know how proud you are. I know how evil your heart is. The only reason you came down here was to watch the battle.”

1 Samuel 26:5

Then David started out. He went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw where Saul and Abner were lying down. Saul was lying inside the camp. The army was camped all around him. Abner was commander of the army. He was the son of Ner.

1 Samuel 26:7

So that night David and Abishai went into the camp. They found Saul lying asleep inside the camp. His spear was stuck in the ground near his head. Abner and the soldiers were lying asleep around him.