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1 Samuel 30:9

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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.

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  1. 1 Samuel 30:7

    And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.

  2. 1 Samuel 30:8

    And David enquired at the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.

  3. 1 Samuel 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.

  4. 1 Samuel 30:11

    And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;

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