1 Samuel 30:9

King James 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.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So David and the six hundred men with him went. They came to the Wadi Besor, where some stayed behind.

Hebrew Names Version
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.

Lexham English Bible
So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and they came to the Wadi Besor, but the rest remained.

English Standard Version
So David set out, and the six hundred men who were with him, and they came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed.

New Century Version
David and the six hundred men with him came to the Besor Ravine, where some of the men stayed.

New English Translation
So David went, accompanied by his six hundred men. When he came to the Wadi Besor, those who were in the rear stayed there.

Amplified Bible
So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the brook Besor; there those [who could not continue] remained behind.

New American Standard Bible
So David left, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and they came to the brook Besor, where some who were left behind stayed.

Geneva Bible (1587)
So Dauid and the sixe hundreth men that were with him, went, and came to the riuer Besor, where a part of them abode:

Legacy Standard Bible
So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and they came to the brook Besor, where those left behind remained.

Contemporary English Version
David led his six hundred men to Besor Gorge, but two hundred of them were too tired to go across. So they stayed behind, while David and the other four hundred men crossed the gorge.

Complete Jewish Bible
So David went, he and the six hundred men with him. They came to Vadi B'sor, where those who were to stay behind waited.

Darby Translation
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.

Easy-to-Read Version
David took the 600 men with him and went to Besor Ravine. About 200 of his men stayed there because they were too weak and tired to continue. But David and the other 400 men continued to chase the Amalekites.

George Lamsa Translation
So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and they came to the brook of Besor, and David left two hundred men there.

Good News Translation
So David and his six hundred men started out, and when they arrived at Besor Brook, some of them stayed there.

Literal Translation
So David went on, he and six hundred men who were with him. And they came to the torrent Besor. And those that were left stood.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then wente Dauid his waye, and the sixe hudreth men that were with him. And whan they came to the ryuer of Besor, some stode styll.

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.

Bible in Basic English
So David went, and his six hundred men went with him, and they came to the stream Besor.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
So Dauid and the sixe hundred men that were with him, went and came to the ryuer Befor, where a parte of them abode.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.

King James Version (1611)
So Dauid went, hee, and the sixe hundred men that were with him, and came to the brooke Besor, where those that were left behinde, stayed.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
So David went, he an the six hundred men with him, an they come as far as the brook Bosor, and the superfluous ones stopped.

English Revised 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.

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Dauid yede, he and sixe hundrid men that weren with hym, and thei camen `til to the stronde of Besor; and sotheli the wery men abididen.

Young's Literal Translation
And David goeth on, he and six hundred men who [are] with him, and they come in unto the brook of Besor, and those left have stood still,

Update Bible 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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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 remained.

World English Bible
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.

New King James Version
So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the Brook Besor, where those stayed who were left behind.

New Living Translation
So David and his 600 men set out, and they came to the brook Besor.

New Life Bible
So David and the 600 men who were with him went out and came to the river of Besor. There those stayed who were left behind.

New Revised Standard
So David set out, he and the six hundred men who were with him. They came to the Wadi Besor, where those stayed who were left behind.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So David went, he, and the six hundred men, who were with him, and they came in as far as the ravine of Besor, - where, they who had to be left behind, stayed.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Revised Standard Version
So David set out, and the six hundred men who were with him, and they came to the brook Besor, where those stayed who were left behind.

THE MESSAGE
David went, he and the six hundred men with him. They arrived at the Brook Besor, where some of them dropped out. David and four hundred men kept up the pursuit, but two hundred of them were too fatigued to cross the Brook Besor, and stayed there.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those left behind remained.

Contextual Overview

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. 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. 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; 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. ¹³ And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick. ¹⁴ We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire. ¹⁵ And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company. ¹⁶ And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

Bible Verse Review
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Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 23:13 - six hundred 1 Samuel 25:13 - two hundred 2 Samuel 2:3 - his men

Cross-References

Genesis 16:3
And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

Genesis 29:35
And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the Lord : therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.

Genesis 30:4
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.

Genesis 30:17
And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So David went, he and the six hundred men that [were] with him,.... Encouraged by the oracle of the Lord:

and came to the brook Besor; which Adrichomius q places in the tribe of Simeon; it is thought to be near Gaza. Aristaeus r speaks of brooks that flowed by Gaza and Ashdod, places that belonged to the Philistines; some take it to be the river of the wilderness in Amos,

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where those that were left behind stayed: or a part of them were left, as the Targum; all the six hundred came to this brook, but two hundred of them were left here, 1 Samuel 30:10 shows, and stayed here till the rest returned; for this is not to be understood of any that were left behind at Ziklag, for all came from thence to this brook.

q Theatrum Terrae Sanct. p. 133. r Hist. 72. Interpret. p. 41.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Besor - Thought to be the stream of the Wady Sheriah which enters the sea a little south of Gaza.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 30:9. The brook Besor — This had its source in the mountain of Idumea, and fell into the Mediterranean Sea beyond Gaza. Some suppose it to have been the same with the river of the wilderness, or the river of Egypt. The sense of this and the following verse is, that when they came to the brook Besor, there were found two hundred out of his six hundred men so spent with fatigue that they could proceed no farther. The baggage or stuff was left there, 1 Samuel 30:24, and they were appointed to guard it.