1 Samuel 17:18

Verse 18. Cheeses. Hebrew “of milk.” Septuagint “pieces of soft cheese:” erts is no where else used to denote cheese. This was a present ( Calmet.) for (Heb.) “the Chiliarch.”—Placed, who is their immediate officer. Bible.—Hebrew “how they are mixed:” their company. Septuagint and so forth “what they stand in need of.” Sym. “Thou shalt receive their pay.” Syr. and Arab. “what news.” Others would translate, “their pledge,” or bill of divorce to their wives, that, in case they be made prisoners for three years, the latter may be allowed to marry. Trad. Hebrew Calmet.