4Then David and the people who were with him gave themselves up to weeping till they were able to go on weeping no longer.
5And David's two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel, had been made prisoners.
6And David was greatly troubled; for the people were talking of stoning him, because their hearts were bitter, every man sorrowing for his sons and his daughters: but David made himself strong in the Lord his God.
7And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, Come here to me with the ephod. And Abiathar took the ephod to David.
8Then David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go after this band? will I be able to overtake them? And in answer he said, Go after them, for you will certainly overtake them, and get back everything.
9So David went, and his six hundred men went with him, and they came to the stream Besor.
10And David, with four hundred men, went on: but two hundred of them were overcome with weariness, and not able to go across the stream.
