But 200 of the men were too exhausted to cross the brook, so David continued the pursuit with 400 men.
Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion.
Then Saul and all his men rushed out to the battle and found the Philistines killing each other. There was terrible confusion everywhere.
They chased and killed the Philistines all day from Micmash to Aijalon, growing more and more faint.
Along the way they found an Egyptian man in a field and brought him to David. They gave him some bread to eat and water to drink.
Then David returned to the brook Besor and met up with the 200 men who had been left behind because they were too exhausted to go with him. They went out to meet David and his men, and David greeted them joyfully.
So David and his 600 men set out, and they came to the brook Besor.