^17:20So 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.

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Footnotes

28 Heb “to a guard”; , , “with a keeper”; “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.”
29 Or “entrenchment.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And David rose early in the morning and left the sheep with a keeper and took the provisions and went, as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the encampment as the host was going out to the battle line, shouting the war cry.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Early in the morning David left the flock in the care of a shepherd, loaded up and set out, as Jesse had directed. He reached the camp as the army was going out to its battle positions, shouting the war cry.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So David got up early in the morning, left the flock with someone to keep it, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had charged him.

He arrived at the perimeter of the camp as the army was marching out to its battle formation shouting their battle cry.

NLTNew Living Translation

So David left the sheep with another shepherd and set out early the next morning with the gifts, as Jesse had directed him. He arrived at the camp just as the Israelite army was leaving for the battlefield with shouts and battle cries.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

David rose early in the morning and left the sheep with a keeper, and he took the provisions and went as Jesse had commanded him. He came to the encampment while the troops were going to the battle line, and they raised the war cry.

KJV 1900King James Version

And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.

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