Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

For two hundred

General references

Bible References

For two hundred

1 Samuel 30:21
David came to the two hundred men who were so exhausted that they could not follow him and had been left at the brook Besor [with the provisions]. They went out to meet David and the people with him, and when he approached the people, he greeted them.

So faint

1 Samuel 14:20
Then Saul and all the people who were with him rallied and went into the battle; and behold, every [Philistine] man’s sword was against his companion, in wild confusion.
Judges 8:4
So Gideon came to the Jordan and crossed over [the river], he and the three hundred men who were with him—exhausted, yet [still] pursuing [the enemy].

General references

Mark 8:3
If I send them away to their homes hungry, they will faint [from exhaustion] on the road; because some of them have come a long way.”