"And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched {corn}, and these ten loaves, and …" — 1 Samuel 17:17

1 Samuel 17:17 · KJV

“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 17:17

Verse 16

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

Verse 18

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}

1 Samuel 17 — Context

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}

Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, {were} in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

Cross References

1 Samuel 25:18

Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched {corn}, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid {them} on asses. {clusters: or, lumps}

Ruth 2:14

And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched {corn}, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.

Luke 11:13

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall {your} heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

2 Samuel 17:28

Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched {corn}, and beans, and lentiles, and parched {pulse}, {basons: or, cups}

Matthew 7:11

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

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