15Now David went to and from Saul, looking after his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.
16And the Philistine came near every morning and evening for forty days.
17And Jesse said to his son David, Take now for your brothers an ephah of this dry grain and these ten cakes of bread, and go quickly with them to the tents to your brothers;
18And take these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers are and come back with a sign to say how they are.
19Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
20And David got up early in the morning, and, giving the sheep into the care of a keeper, took the things and went as Jesse had said; and he came to the lines where the carts were, when the army was going out to the fight giving their war-cry.
21And Israel and the Philistines had put their forces in position, army against army.
