1 Samuel 30:9
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Samuel 30:9 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Samuel 30:9 is a verse from the book of 1 Samuel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left be..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Samuel 30:9 — KJV
“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.”
— 1 Samuel 30:9 (KJV)
1 Samuel 30:9 in Context — About the Book of 1 Samuel
1 Samuel traces Israel's shift from judges to kings through three lives: Samuel the prophet, Saul the rejected king, and David the shepherd anointed in secret. It is rich with prayer — Hannah's desperate plea for a child opens the book and becomes a template for praying through tears.
Cross-References for 1 Samuel 30:9
“And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them. saluted...: or, asked them how they did”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 30:9: david, went, hundred
“And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war.”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 30:9: went, six, hundred
“And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood. ward: Heb. an house of ward shut...: Heb. bound living...: Heb. in widowhood of life”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 30:9: david, went, men
“And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.”
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“And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred. the strangers: Heb. the men the strangers”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 30:9: david, six, hundred
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