But David pursued, he and four hundred men. Two hundred stayed behind, who were too exhausted to cross the brook Besor.
Then David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow David, and who had been left at the brook Besor. And they went out to meet David and to meet the people who were with him. And when David came near to the people he greeted them.
So David set out, and the six hundred men who were with him, and they came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed.
They struck down the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. And the people were very faint.
Then Saul and all the people who were with him rallied and went into the battle. And behold, every Philistine's sword was against his fellow, and there was very great confusion.
And Gideon came to the Jordan and crossed over, he and the 300 men who were with him, exhausted yet pursuing. So he said to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me, for they are exhausted, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
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