unit commander, (2) to find out how his brothers were getting along, and (3) to bring back a token (cf. v.18 NIV mg.) of their welfare (vv.17–18). He further observes that David fulfilled the first two parts of the command upon arriving at the camp (v.22; cf. also v.23) but the third part not until the end of the account when he took Goliath’s head and armor as trophies of war (v.54). The urgency of Jesse’s command (“Hurry,” v.17; cf. 20:6; lit., “run,” as in vv.22, 48, 51—in each case stressing