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