1 Samuel 17:17-18

17:17 Jesse said to his son David, “Take your brothers this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread; go quickly ¹  to the camp to your brothers. 17:18 Also take these ten portions of cheese to their commanding officer. ²  Find out how your brothers are doing ³  and bring back their pledge that they received the goods. ⁴ 

1 Samuel 25:5

25:5 he ⁵  sent ten servants, ⁶  saying to them, ⁷  “Go up to Carmel to see Nabal and give him greetings in my name. ⁸ 

[17:17]  ¹ tn Heb “run.”

[17:18]  ² tn Heb “officer of the thousand.”

[17:18]  ³ tn Heb “and your brothers, observe with respect to welfare.”

[17:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “and their pledge take.” This probably refers to some type of confirmation that the goods arrived safely. See R. W. Klein, 1 Samuel (WBC), 177. Cf. NIV “bring back some assurance”; NCV “some proof to show me they are all right”; NLT “bring me back a letter from them.”

[25:5]  ³ tn Heb “David”; for stylistic reasons the pronoun has been used in the translation.

[25:5]  ⁴ tn Or “young men.”

[25:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “and David said to the young men.”

[25:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “and inquire concerning him in my name in regard to peace.”