1 Samuel 30:10

But David pursued on, he and four hundred men; and there stayed behind two hundred men, who were too fatigued to go over the brook Bessor.

Leeser Tanakh

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 that were with him, and came up to the brook Bessor, where those that were left behind stayed.

11And they found an Egyptian man in the field, and took him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;

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Cross References

Judges 8:4And Gid'on came to the Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, and in pursuit.

1 Samuel 14:31And they smote on that day among the Philistines from Michmash to Ayalon; and the people were very faint.

1 Samuel 30:21And David came to the two hundred men, who had been too fatigued to follow after David, and whom they had left to remain at the brook Bessor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him; and David came near to the people, and asked them after their well-being.

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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