1 Samuel 30:10

And he pursued them with four hundred men; and there remained behind two hundred men, who tarried on the other side of the brook Bosor.

Brenton Septuagint

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, he and the six hundred men with him, and they come as far as the brook Bosor, and the superfluous ones stopped.

11And they find an Egyptian in the field, and they take him, and bring him to David; and they + 30:11 Gr. give.gave him bread and he ate, and they caused him to drink water.

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Cross References

Judges 8:4And Gedeon came to Jordan, and went over, himself and the three hundred with him, hungry, yet pursuing.

1 Samuel 14:31And on that day he smote some of the Philistines in Machmas; and the people were very weary.

1 Samuel 30:21And David comes to the two hundred men who were left behind that they should not follow after David, and he had caused them to remain + 30:21 Gr. in.by the brook of Bosor; and they came forth to meet David, and to meet his people with him: and David drew near to the people, and they asked him how he did.

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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