But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they couldn’t go over the brook Besor.
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But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they couldn’t go over the brook Besor.
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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.
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But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
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Passages linked to 1 Samuel 30:10 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Samuel 30:9 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.
- 1 Samuel 30:21 David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom also they had made to stay at the brook Besor; and they went out to meet David, and to meet the people who were with him. When David came near to the people, he greeted them.
- Judges 8:4-5 Gideon came to the Jordan and passed over, he and the three hundred men who were with him, faint, yet pursuing. He said to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
- 1 Samuel 14:20 Saul and all the people who were with him were gathered together, and came to the battle; and behold, they were all striking each other with their swords in very great confusion.
- 1 Samuel 14:31 They struck the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. The people were very faint;
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Sa 30:10 But David pursued, he and four hundred…
1Sa 30:10 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.
Ver. 10. He and four hundred men.] For those six hundred were too many for God to work by, as Jdg 7:4. He delighteth to help his people "with a little help." {Dan 11:34}
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For two hundred abode behind.] Being either so weary, or so lazy, for the word will bear both, saith Vatablus, {a} that they marched no farther. Piscator noteth, that of the Hebrew word here used cometh pheger, for a dead carcass: to show that these two hundred were so weak and weary, that they were well nigh dead.
{a} פגרו significat et lassum esse et pigrum esse.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Four hundred men; a small number for such an…
Four hundred men; a small number for such an attempt; but David was strong in faith, giving God the glory of his power and faithfulness.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But David pursued, he and four hundred men,.... Not…
But David pursued, he and four hundred men,.... Not discouraged with being obliged to leave a third part of his little army behind; though it was doubtless a trial of his faith, with these to pursue an enemy, whose numbers he knew not, which must greatly exceed his; for after the rout and slaughter of them, as many escaped on camels as David had with him, Sa1 30:17,
for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint; through their grief and sorrow for the loss of their wives and children, and through their march from the camp of the Philistines to Ziklag, and from thence hither, that they looked like a corpse, as the word signifies; Procopius Gazaeus has it only seventy men:
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so that they could not go over the brook Besor: being so weak and feeble; for this was not owing to fear of their enemies, and faint heartedness on that account, then it would rather have been said, "they would not go over"; the Targum renders the word "faint" by "restrained" or prohibited, as if they were forbid by David to go over, but were ordered to tarry here by the stuff, while the rest pursued; and, according to the Syriac and Arabic versions, they were placed there, that none might go over the brook; and it seems, by Sa1 30:22, that they had a good will to go over, but were made to abide there; or as all Gideon's army, but three hundred, were sent back, and not suffered to go with him, being too many, Jdg 7:2.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Four hundred - A small number for such an…
Four hundred - A small number for such an attempt: but David was strong in faith, giving God the glory of his power and faithfulness.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Weary. Hebrew pigru, denotes those who are "lazy and…
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Weary. Hebrew pigru, denotes those who are "lazy and dead." Septuagint, "some sat down on the other side of the torrent." Syriac and Arabic insinuate, to defend the passage. But why then do the rest complain? (Calmet) --- They acted irrationally, as David shewed afterwards. Some of the 600 might well be more exhausted than others, and these were selected to guard the baggage, ver. 24. This was only the third day since they left Aphec, ver. 1. (Haydock)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 10. abode behind] Stayed, as in 1Sa_30:9. The condensed…
10. abode behind] Stayed, as in 1Sa_30:9. The condensed expression of the last clause of 1Sa_30:9 is explained by 1Sa_30:10.
were so faint] A verb found only here and in 1Sa_30:21, connected with a substantive meaning a corpse; as we should say, they were dead-beat.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 30:10 too exhausted: David’s men had traveled for three…
30:10 too exhausted: David’s men had traveled for three days (30:1) and were now in hot pursuit of the Amalekites without having rested. David did not upbraid them or drive them on mercilessly. See 30:23-25.
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