"And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days." — 1 Samuel 17:16

1 Samuel 17:16 · KJV

“And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.”

— 1 Samuel 17:16

But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

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 to thy brethren;

1 Samuel 17 — Context

And David {was} the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.

But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

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 to thy brethren;

And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of {their} thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge. {cheeses: Heb. cheeses of milk} {of...: Heb. of a thousand}

Cross References

Matthew 4:2

And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.

Luke 4:2

Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.

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