3. So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire, and their wives and their sons and their daughters were taken captives.
4. Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept until they had no more power to weep.
5. And David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail, who had been the wife of Nabal of Carmel.
6. And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him because the soul of all the people was bitter, each one for his sons and for his daughters; but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.
7. And David said to Abiathar, the priest, Ahimelech’s son, I pray thee, bring the ephod here to me. And Abiathar brought the ephod to David.
8. And David enquired at the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? Shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue; for thou shalt surely overtake them and without fail recover all.
9. So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and they came to the brook Besor, where some stayed behind.