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1 Samuel 17:18
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Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
carry: 1 Samuel 16:20
cheeses: Heb. cheeses of milk, 2 Samuel 17:29, Job 10:10
their thousand: Heb. a thousand
look: Genesis 37:14, Acts 15:36, 1 Thessalonians 3:5, 1 Thessalonians 3:6
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 1:15 - captains over thousands Deuteronomy 20:5 - the officers 2 Samuel 16:1 - with a couple 2 Kings 4:26 - Is it well with thee Esther 2:11 - how Esther did Micah 5:2 - thousands 2 Thessalonians 3:17 - the token
Cross-References
When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth."
When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth."
When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; you will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth."
"When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; you will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth."
If thou tyll the grounde, she shall not yeelde vnto thee her strength. A fugitiue and a vacabound shalt thou be in the earth.
Now when you work the soil, the ground will not help your plants grow. You will not have a home in this land. You will wander from place to place."
When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength; you shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth."
Whanne thou schalt worche the erthe, it schal not yyue his fruytis to thee; thou schalt be vnstable of dwellyng and fleynge aboute on erthe in alle the daies of thi lijf.
When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yeeld vnto thee her strength: A fugitiue and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand,.... Their chiliarch or colonel, who had the command of 1000 men, and under whom Jesse's sons fought; Jarchi thinks this was Jonathan, who had 1000 men with him at Gibeah, and so now, 1 Samuel 13:2, these cheeses were sent by Jesse to the captain, to be distributed among his men, or a present to himself, that he might use his sons well who were under his command:
and look how thy brethren fare; whether in good health, in good spirits, and in safety:
and take their pledge; that is, if they had been obliged for want of money to pawn any of their clothes, or what they had with them to buy food with, that he would redeem and take up the pledge, by paying the money for which they were pawned; for it is thought that soldiers at this time were not maintained at the expense of the king and government, but at their own, and the families to which they belonged: though some are of opinion that this was some token which they had sent by a messenger to their father, by which he might know he came from them, so Ben Gersom; and which David was now to take with him, and return it; or a token that he was to bring from them, whereby he might be assured of their welfare; and so the Targum, "and bring their goodness", a token of their being in good health. The Jews z understand it of bills of divorce to be given to their wives, that if they should die in battle, or be taken captive, that their wives might marry after three years.
z Hieron. Trad. Heb. in lib. Reg. fol. 76. D.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Take their pledge - i. e., bring back what they have to say in return.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Samuel 17:18. Carry these ten cheeses — Cheeses of milk, says the margin. In the East they do not make what we call cheese: they press the milk but slightly, and carry it in rush baskets. It is highly salted, and little different from curds.