1 Samuel 30:10

And David, with four hundred men, went on: but two hundred of them were overcome with weariness, and not able to go across the stream.

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In The King James Version

But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.

In Context

9So David went, and his six hundred men went with him, and they came to the stream Besor.

11And in the fields they saw an Egyptian whom they took to David, and they gave him bread, and he had a meal, and they gave him water for drink;

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Cross References

Judges 8:4Then Gideon came to Jordan and went over it with his three hundred, overcome with weariness and in need of food.

1 Samuel 14:31That day they overcame the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were feeble from need of food.

1 Samuel 30:21And David came to the two hundred men, who because of weariness had not gone with him, but were waiting at the stream Besor: and they went out, meeting David and the people who were with him; and when they came near them, they said, How are you?

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 30:8-21

David Recovers the Spoil. ( b. c. 1055.) 7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David. 8 And David enquired at the Lord , saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all. 9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.… Read the whole commentary →

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