1 Samuel 30:9
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.
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.
10 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;
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So David and his six hundred men went to the Brook of Besor, where some stayed behind
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and they came to the torrent Besor; and those that were left stayed behind.
- BLB
- And David went, he and six hundred men who [were] with him, and they came to the Brook of Besor, and those left behind stood still.
- ÅB
- Så dro David avsted med de seks hundre mann som fulgte ham, og de kom til Besor-bekken. Der ble en del av dem igjen;
- OTB
- Så dro David av sted med de seks hundre mennene som var med ham, og de nådde bekken Besor, hvor de som ble igjen, ble værende.
- B1930
- Så drog David avsted med de seks hundre mann som fulgte ham, og de kom til Besor-bekken. Der blev en del av dem igjen;
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Cross references
1 Samuel 27:2
And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
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