1 Samuel 30:10 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 30:10

because two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the brook. But David and four hundred men continued in pursuit.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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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Commentary

1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

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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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּרְדֹּ֣ף	vai.yir.Dof	and he pursued	H7291 →
דָּוִ֔ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
ה֖וּא	hu'	he	H1931 →
וְאַרְבַּע־	ve.'ar.ba'-	and four	H702 →
מֵא֣וֹת	me.'ot	hundred<s>	H3967 →
אִ֑ישׁ	'Ish	man	H376 →
וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ֙	vai.ya.'am.Du	and they remained	H5975 →
מָאתַ֣יִם	ma.Ta.yim	two hundred	H3967 →
אִ֔ישׁ	'Ish	man	H376 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	who	H834 →
פִּגְּר֔וּ	pi.ge.Ru	they were [too] exhausted	H6296 →
מֵעֲבֹ֖ר	me.'a.Vor	for passing over	H5674 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
נַ֥חַל	Na.chal	[the] wadi of	H5158 →
הַבְּשֽׂוֹר׃	ha.be.Sor	<the> Besor	H1308 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Samuel 14:20
Then Saul and all his troops assembled and marched to the battle, and they found the Philistines in total confusion, with each man wielding the sword against his neighbor.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 20:23
  The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction. And when they had made an end to the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.
- Judges 7:22
  And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the…
- Isaiah 9:19–21
  By the wrath of the LORD of Hosts the land is scorched, and the people are fuel for the fire. No man even spares his brother.
- 1 Samuel 14:16
  Now when Saul’s watchmen at Gibeah in Benjamin looked and saw the troops melting away and scattering in every direction,
Through
1 Samuel 14:31
That day, after the Israelites had struck down the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, the people were very faint.
leads to
- Joshua 10:12
  On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley…
Through
1 Samuel 30:21
When David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him from the Brook of Besor, they came out to meet him and the troops with him. As David…
leads to
- Judges 8:15
  And Gideon went to the men of Succoth and said, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we…
- Hebrews 13:1
  Continue in brotherly love.
Through
1 Samuel 30:9
So David and his six hundred men went to the Brook of Besor, where some stayed behind
leads to
- 1 Samuel 27:2
  So David set out with his six hundred men and went to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.