American Standard Version
"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. "
— 1 Samuel 30:9, American Standard Version
“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.”
“So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed.”
“So David went, accompanied by his six hundred men. When he came to the Wadi Besor, those who were in the rear stayed there.”
“So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and they came to the torrent Besor: and some, being weary, stayed there.”
“So David went, and his six hundred men went with him, and they came to the stream Besor.”
“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.”
And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David strengthened himself in Jehovah his God.
And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.
And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue; for thou shalt surely overtake them, and shalt without fail recover all.
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.
But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they gave him water to drink;
and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.