1 Samuel 30:9

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

⁷David's Strength Was in His God Three days later, David and his men arrived back in Ziklag. Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They tore Ziklag to pieces and then burned it down. They captured all the women, young and old. They didn't kill anyone, but drove them like a herd of cattle. By the time David and his men entered the village, it had been burned to the ground, and their wives, sons, and daughters all taken prisoner. David and his men burst out in loud wails—wept and wept until they were exhausted with weeping. David's two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail widow of Nabal of Carmel, had been taken prisoner along with the rest. And suddenly David was in even worse trouble. There was talk among the men, bitter over the loss of their families, of stoning him. David strengthened himself with trust in his God . He ordered Abiathar the priest, son of Ahimelech, "Bring me the Ephod so I can consult God." Abiathar brought it to David. ⁸ Then David prayed to God , "Shall I go after these raiders? Can I catch them?" The answer came, "Go after them! Yes, you'll catch them! Yes, you'll make the rescue!" ⁹David 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. ¹¹Some who went on came across an Egyptian in a field and took him to David. They gave him bread and he ate. And he drank some water. They gave him a piece of fig cake and a couple of raisin muffins. Life began to revive in him. He hadn't eaten or drunk a thing for three days and nights! ¹³David said to him, "Who do you belong to? Where are you from?" "I'm an Egyptian slave of an Amalekite," he said. "My master walked off and left me when I got sick—that was three days ago. We had raided the Negev of the Kerethites, of Judah, and of Caleb. Ziklag we burned." ¹⁵ David asked him, "Can you take us to the raiders?" "Promise me by God," he said, "that you won't kill me or turn me over to my old master, and I'll take you straight to the raiders." ¹⁶ He led David to them. They were scattered all over the place, eating and drinking, gorging themselves on all the loot they had plundered from Philistia and Judah. ¹⁷David pounced. He fought them from before sunrise until evening of the next day. None got away except for four hundred of the younger men who escaped by riding off on camels. David rescued everything the Amalekites had taken. And he rescued his two wives! Nothing and no one was missing—young or old, son or daughter, plunder or whatever. David recovered the whole lot. He herded the sheep and cattle before them, and they all shouted, "David's plunder!"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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

Cross-References

Genesis 16:3
So Sarai, Abram's wife, took her Egyptian maid Hagar and gave her to her husband Abram as a wife. Abram had been living ten years in Canaan when this took place. He slept with Hagar and she got pregnant. When Hagar learned she was pregnant, she looked down on her mistress.

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.