9 So David and his six hundred men went to the Brook of Besor, where some stayed behind 10 because two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the brook. But David and four hundred men continued in pursuit. 11 Now his men found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David. They gave the man water to drink and food to eat—
1 Samuel 30:9–11
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