10. David and 400 men went in pursuit, while 200 men who were too exhausted to cross the Besor Valley stayed behind.
11. David’s men found an Egyptian in the open country and took him to David. They gave him food to eat and water to drink.
12. They gave him a slice of fig cake and two bunches of raisins. After he had eaten, he revived. (He hadn’t eaten any food or drunk any water for three whole days.)
13. David asked him, “To whom do you belong? Where do you come from?”“I’m an Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite,” the young man answered. “My master left me behind because I got sick three days ago.
14. We raided the portion of the Negev where the Cherethites live, the territory of Judah, the portion of the Negev where Caleb settled, and we burned down Ziklag.”
15. “Will you lead me to these troops?” David asked him.He answered, “Take an oath in front of God that you won’t kill me or hand me over to my master, and I’ll lead you to these troops.”