1 Samuel 30:9

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David and the six hundred men with him set out, and they came to the Besor Valley, where some stayed behind.

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  • 1 Sam 27:2 : 2 So David arose and went over with his six hundred men to Achish son of Maoch, king of Gath.

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  • 1 Sam 30:10
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    10David continued the pursuit with four hundred men, while two hundred stayed behind because they were too exhausted to cross the Besor Valley.

  • 1 Sam 30:20-23
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    85%

    20David took all the flocks and herds, and his men drove them ahead of the other livestock, saying, "This is David’s spoil."

    21Then David returned to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him and had stayed behind at the Besor Valley. They came out to meet David and the troops with him, and David greeted them warmly.

    22Then all the wicked and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, "Since they did not go with us, we will not give them any of the spoil we recovered. However, each man may take his wife and children and leave."

    23But David said, "You must not act this way, my brothers, with what the Lord has given us. He has protected us and delivered the raiding party that came against us into our hands.

  • 1 Sam 30:8
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    8David inquired of the Lord, saying, "Should I pursue this raiding party? Will I overtake them?" The Lord answered, "Pursue them, for you will certainly overtake them and rescue the captives."

  • 1 Sam 23:13
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    13So David and his men, about six hundred in number, left Keilah and moved wherever they could go. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he stopped his pursuit.

  • 1 Sam 29:2
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    2The Philistine rulers marched with their units of hundreds and thousands, and David and his men were marching at the rear with Achish.

  • 1 Sam 25:12-13
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    73%

    12David’s men turned and went back. When they arrived, they reported every word.

    13David said to his men, "Each of you, strap on your sword!" So they did, and David also strapped on his sword. About four hundred men went with David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.

  • 2 Sam 19:17
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    17Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David.

  • 1 Sam 27:2
    72%

    2So David arose and went over with his six hundred men to Achish son of Maoch, king of Gath.

  • 1 Sam 30:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17David attacked them from twilight until the evening of the next day. None of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode off on camels and fled.

    18David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.

  • 2 Sam 6:1
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    1David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand in number.

  • 2 Sam 20:6-7
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    6So David said to Abishai, "Now Sheba, son of Bichri, will do us more harm than Absalom did. Take your lord's servants and pursue him quickly, or he may find fortified cities and escape from us."

    7Joab's men, along with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty warriors, marched out from Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.

  • 2 Sam 2:29-31
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    71%

    29Abner and his men marched through the Arabah all that night. They crossed the Jordan, traveled through the Bithron, and arrived at Mahanaim.

    30Joab stopped pursuing Abner and gathered all the troops. Nineteen of David’s men were missing, along with Asahel.

    31But David’s men had struck down three hundred and sixty men from Benjamin and Abner’s followers, who died in battle.

  • 2 Sam 15:17-18
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    17The king went out with all the people following him, and they stopped at a place some distance away.

    18All his servants passed by him, along with all the Kerethites, Pelethites, and six hundred Gittites who had come with him from Gath, marching past in front of the king.

  • 2 Sam 17:22
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    22So David and all the people with him arose and crossed the Jordan. By daybreak, not a single one was left who had not crossed the Jordan.

  • 1 Sam 27:9
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    9David attacked the land and did not leave alive a man or woman. He took sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and clothing, and then he returned and went to Achish.

  • 1 Sam 24:2
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    2When Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, 'David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.'

  • 1 Chr 12:1
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    1These are the men who came to David at Ziklag while he was still banished because of Saul, son of Kish. They were among the warriors who helped in battle.

  • 1 Sam 30:31
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    31and to those in Hebron and in all the other places where David and his men had roamed.

  • 1 Sam 26:2
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    2So Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, taking three thousand select men of Israel with him to search for David in the wilderness of Ziph.

  • 1 Sam 29:11
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    11So David and his men rose early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines, but the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

  • 1 Chr 12:16
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    16These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing its banks. They drove out all the people living in the valleys, both to the east and to the west.

  • 1 Sam 17:20
    69%

    20Early in the morning, David left the flock with a keeper, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had directed. He reached the camp as the army was going out to its battle positions, shouting the war cry.

  • 1 Sam 23:26
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    26Saul was going along one side of the mountain, and David and his men were on the other side, hurrying to get away from Saul. But as Saul and his forces were closing in on David and his men to capture them,

  • 2 Sam 18:2
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    2David divided the troops into three groups: one-third under Joab, one-third under Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and one-third under Ittai the Gittite. Then the king said to the troops, 'I will also go into battle with you.'

  • 1 Sam 17:22
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    22David left his supplies in the care of the keeper of supplies, ran to the battle lines, and asked his brothers how they were.

  • 1 Sam 22:1-2
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    1David left from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and all his father's household heard about it, they went down to him there.

    2All those who were in distress, in debt, or bitter in spirit gathered to him, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were with him.

  • 1 Sam 30:3
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    3When David and his men came to the city, they saw that it had been burned, and their wives, sons, and daughters had been taken captive.

  • 2 Sam 2:15
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    15So they stood up and were counted—twelve from Benjamin and from the followers of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve from the servants of David.

  • 1 Chr 19:8
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    8When David heard this, he sent Joab and the entire army of mighty warriors.

  • 2 Sam 17:12
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    12'We will come upon him wherever he is found, and we will fall on him like dew settling on the ground. Not even one of his men will survive.'

  • 1 Sam 30:15
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    15David asked him, "Can you lead me to this raiding party?" He answered, "Swear to me by God that you will neither kill me nor hand me over to my master, and I will lead you to them."

  • 2 Sam 20:2
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    2So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba, son of Bichri. But the men of Judah stayed loyal to their king, from the Jordan all the way to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 2:3
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    3David also brought up the men who were with him, each man with his household, and they settled in the towns of Hebron.

  • Judg 8:4
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    4Then Gideon and his three hundred men, exhausted yet pursuing, came to the Jordan and crossed it.

  • 2 Sam 10:7
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    7When David heard of this, he sent Joab and all the army of mighty warriors.

  • 1 Sam 30:1
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    1On the third day, when David and his men arrived at Ziklag, they found that the Amalekites had invaded the Negev and Ziklag. They had attacked Ziklag and burned it to the ground.

  • 1 Chr 19:17
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    17When David was informed, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan, and advanced against them to set up his battle lines. David arranged his forces to face the Arameans, and they fought against him.

  • 2 Sam 8:4
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    4From Hadadezer, David captured a thousand chariots, seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. He hamstrung all the chariot horses but spared enough horses for a hundred chariots.

  • 2 Sam 20:14
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    14Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel Beth Maacah, and all the Berites assembled and followed him.