The things: the Hebrew term is general and may refer to tools, gear, vessels of pottery, weapons, and clothes. Here it seems to refer to the same items as “the provisions” in verse 20, that is, the grain, bread, and cheese mentioned in verses 17 and 18.

Baggage is probably too limited in meaning to be used in an English translation here. The idea is rather “supplies” (New International Version, Contemporary English Version). Revised English Bible translates the whole expression keeper of the baggage by the somewhat technical term “the quartermaster.”

The ranks: see verse 8 above.

Greeted: see the comments on 10.4.

Quoted with permission from Omanson, Roger L. and Ellington, John E. A Handbook on the First and Second Books of Samuel, Volume 1. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2001. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .