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.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Solomon observes that the righteous is delivered out of trouble and the wicked cometh in his stead, that the just falleth seven times a-day and riseth again; so it was with David. Many were his…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
abode behind Stayed, as in 1Sa 30:30. The condensed expression of the last clause of 1Sa 30:30 is explained by 1Sa 30:30.
were so faint A verb found only here and in 1Sa 30:30, connected with a…
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