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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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsBut 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.
because two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the brook. But David and four hundred men continued in pursuit.
and David pursueth, he and four hundred men, (and two hundred men stand still who have been too faint to pass over the brook of Besor),
And David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were too exhausted to go over the torrent Besor.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old Testament1 Samuel — The transition from judges to monarchy. Samuel rises as prophet-judge; Israel demands a king; Saul rises and is rejected; David is anointed in obscurity and flees across the wilderness. Three lives overlapping — the prophetic-judicial-royal handoff.
- Author
- Traditionally Samuel (with additions after his death by Nathan and Gad — cf. 1 Chr 29:29)
- Date
- Events c. 1050–1010 BC; compilation during the early monarchy