6. David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.
7. David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Please bring the ephod here to me.”Abiathar brought the ephod to David.
8. David inquired of the Lord, saying, “If I pursue after this troop, will I overtake them?”He answered him, “Pursue; for you will surely overtake them, and will without fail recover all.”
9. So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed.
10. But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they couldn’t go over the brook Besor.