19 Nothing was missing, whether small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything that had been taken. (A)David brought back all. 20 David also captured all the flocks and herds, and the people drove the livestock before him,[a] and said, “This is David's spoil.”

21 Then David came to (B)the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow David, and who had been left (C)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.

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  1. 1 Samuel 30:20 The meaning of the Hebrew clause is uncertain

19 Nothing was missing: young or old, boy or girl, plunder or anything else they had taken. David brought everything back. 20 He took all the flocks and herds, and his men drove them ahead of the other livestock, saying, “This is David’s plunder.”

21 Then David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted(A) to follow him and who were left behind at the Besor Valley. They came out to meet David and the men with him. As David and his men approached, he asked them how they were.

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