The Meaning of 1 Samuel 30:10 Explained

1 Samuel 30:10

KJV: 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.

YLT: and David pursueth, he and four hundred men, (and two hundred men stand still who have been too faint to pass over the brook of Besor),

Darby: And David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were too exhausted to go over the torrent Besor.

ASV: But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.

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What is the context of 1 Samuel 30:10?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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.

What does 1 Samuel 30:10 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Samuel 30:1-15 - A Blow That Led Back To God

As David was leaving the battlefield, a number of men of Manasseh fell to him, 1 Chronicles 12:20, so his following was greatly increased. It was as if God had anticipated his coming trial, and prepared him to encounter it. "The God of his mercy prevented (literally, went before) him." But what a mercy it was that he had been sent back; that no garrison had been left to guard the women, which might have irritated the depredators; and that nobody had been killed, 1 Samuel 30:2!

In the first outburst of grief and horror, only divine and gracious interposition could have saved David's life. But this was the hour of his return to God. With the charred embers at his feet and anxiety gnawing at his heart, the threat of violence in his ears, and bitter compunction of conscience, "he strengthened himself in the Lord his God." From that hour he was his old, strong, glad, noble self. After months of neglect, he bade Abiathar bring him the ephod, and he inquired the will of God. Then with marvelous vigor he went in pursuit and recovered all. He had been brought out of an horrible pit, and again his feet were on the rock, Psalms 40:2. His "goings" could now be established. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Samuel 30

¹ The Amalekites raid Ziklag
⁴ David asking counsel, is encouraged by God to pursue them
¹¹ By the means of a received Egyptian he is brought to the enemies,
¹⁸ and recovers all the spoil
²² David's law to divide the spoil equally
²⁶ He sends presents to his friends

What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 30:10 mean?

But pursued David he and four hundred men for stayed [behind] two hundred men who were so weary that they could not cross - the Brook Besor

וַיִּרְדֹּ֣ף דָּוִ֔ד ה֖וּא וְאַרְבַּע־ מֵא֣וֹת אִ֑ישׁ וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ֙ מָאתַ֣יִם אִ֔ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר פִּגְּר֔וּ מֵעֲבֹ֖ר אֶת־ נַ֥חַל הַבְּשֽׂוֹר

וַיִּרְדֹּ֣ף	But pursued
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: רָדַף Sense: to be behind, follow after, pursue, persecute, run after.
דָּוִ֔ד	David
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּוִד Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
וְאַרְבַּע־	and four
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, feminine singular Root: אַרְבַּע Sense: four.
מֵא֣וֹת	hundred
Parse: Number, feminine plural Root: מֵאָה Sense: hundred.
אִ֑ישׁ	men
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: אִישׁ Sense: man.
וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ֙	for stayed [behind]
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: עָמַד Sense: to stand, remain, endure, take one’s stand.
מָאתַ֣יִם	two hundred
Parse: Number, fd Root: מֵאָה Sense: hundred.
אִ֔ישׁ	men
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: אִישׁ Sense: man.
פִּגְּר֔וּ	were so weary
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person common plural Root: פָּגַר Sense: (Piel) to be exhausted, be faint.
מֵעֲבֹ֖ר	that they could not cross
Parse: Preposition-m, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: עָבַר Sense: to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress.
אֶת־	-
Parse: Direct object marker Root: אֹות Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
נַ֥חַל	the Brook
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: נַחַל Sense: torrent, valley, wadi, torrent-valley.
הַבְּשֽׂוֹר	Besor
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: בְּשֹׂור Sense: a stream, torrent-bed, or wadi in extreme south of Judah in Philistia; empties into the Mediterranean Sea.

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