They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.”
Also take these ten slices of cheese to the captain of their thousand—and check out the welfare of your brothers and bring back some token from them.
Saul and the men of Israel gathered and camped in the valley of Elah, then lined up in battle array against the Philistines.
So David rose up early in the morning, left the flock with a keeper, took the provisions and went as Jesse had commanded him. When he reached the camp, the army was going out to the battle line shouting the war cry.