He came to the trench. — Literally, to the wagon rampart; a circle of wagons formed a rude fortification about the camp of Israel. There — that is, within the fortified enclosure — he left (1 Samuel 17:22) his baggage, the ten cheeses, &c, and hastened to the “front,” where he knew his brethren and the men of Judah would be posted. (See Numbers 10:14.)
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1 Samuel 17:20
20 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,e as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.