And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.(1 Samuel 17:16)
And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp of thy brethren;(1 Samuel 17:17)
And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.(1 Samuel 17:18)
Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
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.(1 Samuel 17:20)
For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.(1 Samuel 17:21)
And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.(1 Samuel 17:22)
