King James Version
1 Samuel 30:9 in the King James Version says “So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left be...” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 30 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
1 Samuel 30:9 · KJV
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.
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.
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.
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.
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;
KJV Study — Public Domain
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“he and the six”
H8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal, sixth
“men”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
“that were with him and came”
H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“to the brook”
H5158a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
“where those that were left behind”
H3498to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively to leave, cause to abound, preserve
“stayed”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
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