1 Samuel 30:9

Myles Coverdale Bible

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.

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.

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 & sayde vnto Abiathar ye prest the sonne of Ahimelech: Bringe me hither the ouerbody cote. And whan Abiathar had broughte the ouerbody cote vnto Dauid, ⁸ Dauid axed at the LORDE, and sayde: Shal I folowe vpon the men of warre, and shal I ouertake them? He sayde: Yee, folowe vpo them, thou shalt ouertake them, and shalt rescue the pray. ⁹ 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. ¹⁰ But Dauid and the foure hundreth men folowed after: As for the two hudreth men that stode styll, they had bene slowe to go ouer the ryuer of Besor. ¹¹ And they founde a man of Egipte vpon the felde, him they broughte vnto Dauid, & gaue him bred to eate, and water to drynke, ¹² and gaue him a quantite of fygges, & two quantities of rasyns. And whan he had eaten, his sprete came to him againe: for in thre dayes and thre nightes he had eate no bred, and dronke no water. ¹³ Dauid sayde vnto him: Whose art thou? & whence art thou? He sayde: I am a childe of Egipte, an Amalechites seruaunt, & my master hath forsaken me, because I was sicke thre dayes a goo. ¹⁴ We fell her in towarde ye south syde of Chrethus, and vpon Iuda, and towarde ye south parte of Caleb, & haue burned Siclag with fyre. ¹⁵ Dauid sayde vnto him: Wilt thou bringe me downe to these men of warre? He sayde: Sweare vnto me by God, yt thou shalt not slaye me, ner delyuer me in to my masters hade, and I wil brynge the downe to these me of warre. ¹⁶ And he broughte the downe, and beholde, they were scatred vpon all ye grounde, eatinge and drynkynge, and kepynge holy daye, and were makinge mery chere, because of all the greate spoyles that they had taken out of the londe of the Philistynes and of Iuda.

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
Abrams wife toke Agar hir mayde ye Egipcian (after they had dwelt ten yeare in the londe of Canaan) and gaue her vnto hir hußbande Abra, to be his wife.

Genesis 29:35
She conceaued ye fourth tyme, and bare a sonne, and sayde: Now wyll I geue thankes vnto the LORDE, therfore called she him Iuda, and left bearynge.

Genesis 30:4
And so she gaue him Bilha hir mayden to wyfe. And Iacob laye with her.

Genesis 30:17
And God herde Lea, and she conceaued, and bare Iacob the fifth sonne,

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.