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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Gill's Exposition
So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him,.... Encouraged by the oracle of the Lord:
and came to the brook Besor; which Adrichomius (q) places in the tribe of Simeon; it is…
Barnes' Notes
Besor - Thought to be the stream of the Wady Sheriah which enters the sea a little south of Gaza.
Adam Clarke
The brook Besor - This had its source in the mountain of Idumea, and fell into the Mediterranean Sea beyond Gaza. Some suppose it to have been the same with the river of the wilderness, or the river…
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…
Cambridge Bible
the six hundred men For a rapid pursuit a small force of picked men was most suitable. Cp. 1Sa 27:2. No doubt by this time he had a much larger force at his command.
the brook Besor The Heb. word is…