1 Samuel 17:18

17:18 Also take these ten portions of cheese to their commanding officer. ¹  Find out how your brothers are doing ²  and bring back their pledge that they received the goods. ³ 

1 Samuel 17:22

17:22 After David had entrusted his cargo to the care of the supply officer, ⁴  he ran to the battlefront. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.

1 Samuel 22:1

David Goes to Adullam and Mizpah

22:1 So David left there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s family ⁵  learned about it, they went down there to him.

[17:18]  ¹ tn Heb “officer of the thousand.”

[17:18]  ² tn Heb “and your brothers, observe with respect to welfare.”

[17:18]  ³ 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.”

[17:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “the guard of the equipment.”

[22:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “house.”