1 Samuel 30:10

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

1 Samuel 30:10

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

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.

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WEB

World English Bible

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.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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.

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1 Samuel 30

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

¹⁰ 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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