1 Samuel 30:9

9 David and the six hundred men with him came to the Besor Valley, where some stayed behind.

1 Samuel 30:9 in Other Translations

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.

9 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.

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

9 David went, he and the six hundred men with him. They arrived at the Brook Besor, where some of them dropped out.

9 David and the 600 men with him went as far as the Wadi Besor, where where 200 men who were to remain behind would stop.

1 Samuel 30:9 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 30:9

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

and came to the brook Besor;
which Adrichomius ^F17 places in the tribe of Simeon; it is thought to be near Gaza. Aristaeus ^F18 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, (See Gill on Amos 6:14):

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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 Theatrum Terrae Sanct. p. 133.
F18 Hist. 72. Interpret. p. 41.

1 Samuel 30:9 In-Context

7 Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelek, “Bring me the ephod.” Abiathar brought it to him,

8 and David inquired of the LORD, “Shall I pursue this raiding party? Will I overtake them?” “Pursue them,” he answered. “You will certainly overtake them and succeed in the rescue.”

9 David and the six hundred men with him came to the Besor Valley, where some stayed behind.

10 Two hundred of them were too exhausted to cross the valley, but David and the other four hundred continued the pursuit.

11 They found an Egyptian in a field and brought him to David. They gave him water to drink and food to eat—

Cross References

• 1. S 1 Samuel 27:2