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1 Samuel 30:10

DavidBesor
Exhaustion

8 and David inquired of the LORD: “Should I pursue these raiders? Will I overtake them?” “Pursue them,” the LORD replied, “for you will surely overtake them and rescue the captives.”

9 So David and his six hundred men went to the Brook of Besor, where some stayed behind

because two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the brook. But David and four hundred men continued in pursuit.

11 Now his men found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David. They gave the man water to drink and food to eat—

12 a piece of a fig cake and two clusters of raisins. So he ate and was revived, for he had not had any food or water for three days and three nights.

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BSB
because two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the brook. But David and four hundred men continued in pursuit.
KJV
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.
WEB
But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they couldn’t go over the brook Besor.
ASV
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.
DARBY
And David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were too exhausted to go over the torrent Besor.
BLB
And David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred men stayed [behind] who were so weary that they could not cross the Brook of Besor.
ÅB
David satte etter fienden med fire hundre mann, men to hundre mann ble igjen - de var for trette til å gå over Besor-bekken.
OTB
David fortsatte forfølgelsen med fire hundre menn, mens to hundre, som var for utmattet til å krysse bekken Besor, ble igjen.
B1930
David satte efter fienden med fire hundre mann, men to hundre mann blev igjen - de var for trette til å gå over Besor-bekken.

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  • 1 Samuel 30:21

    When David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him from the Brook of Besor, they came out to meet him and the troops with him. As David approached the men, he greeted them,

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  • 1 Samuel 30:9

    So David and his six hundred men went to the Brook of Besor, where some stayed behind

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  • 1 Samuel 14:20

    Then Saul and all his troops assembled and marched to the battle, and they found the Philistines in total confusion, with each man wielding the sword against his neighbor.

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  • 1 Samuel 14:31

    That day, after the Israelites had struck down the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, the people were very faint.

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  • Judges 8:4–5

    Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.

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