8. And David consulted the Lord, saying: Shall I pursue after these robbers, and shall I overtake them, or not? And the Lord said to him: Pursue after them: for thou shalt surely overtake them and recover the prey.
9. So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and they came to the torrent Besor: and some being weary stayed there.
10. But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred stayed, who being weary could not go over the torrent Besor.
11. And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David: and they gave him bread to eat, and water to drink,
12. As also a piece of a cake of figs, and two bunches of raisins. And when he had eaten them his spirit returned, and he was refreshed: for he had not eaten bread, nor drunk water three days, and three nights.
13. And David said to him: To whom dost thou belong? or whence dost thou come? and whither art thou going? He said: I am a young man of Egypt, the servant of an Amalecite, and my master left me, because I began to be sick three days ago.
14. For we made an invasion on the south side of Cerethi, and upon Juda, and upon the south of Caleb, and we burnt Siceleg with fire.