1 Samuel 17:20
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Samuel 17:20 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Samuel 17:20 is a verse from the book of 1 Samuel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Samuel 17:20 — KJV
“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. trench: or, place of the carriage fight: or, battle array, or, place of fight”
— 1 Samuel 17:20 (KJV)
1 Samuel 17:20 in Context — About the Book of 1 Samuel
1 Samuel traces Israel's shift from judges to kings through three lives: Samuel the prophet, Saul the rejected king, and David the shepherd anointed in secret. It is rich with prayer — Hannah's desperate plea for a child opens the book and becomes a template for praying through tears.
Cross-References for 1 Samuel 17:20
“And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him. trench: or, midst of his carriages”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 17:20: david, rose, came
“And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 17:20: rose, early, morning
“And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 17:20: rose, early, morning
“And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 17:20: rose, early, went
“And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 17:20: rose, came, forth
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