17:20 So David got up early in the morning and entrusted the flock to someone else who would watch over it.28 After loading up, he went just as Jesse had instructed him. He arrived at the camp29 as the army was going out to the battle lines shouting its battle cry.
tnHeb “to a guard”; KJV, NASB, NRSV “with a keeper”; NIV “with a shepherd.” Since in contemporary English “guard” sounds like someone at a military installation or a prison, the present translation uses “to someone else who would watch over it.”