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1 Samuel 30:10

DavidBesor
Exhaustion

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.

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.

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

12 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.

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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

    And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.

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  • 1 Samuel 30:9

    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.

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  • 1 Samuel 14:20

    And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man’s sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.

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  • 1 Samuel 14:31

    And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.

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  • Judges 8:4–5

    And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.

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