5 For indeed, the two wives of David also had been led away as captives: Ahinoam, the Jezreelite, and Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel.
6 And David was greatly saddened. And the people were willing to stone him, because the soul of every man was bitter over his sons and daughters. But David was strengthened by the Lord his God.
7 And he said to the priest Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, 'Bring the ephod to me.' And Abiathar brought the ephod to David.
8 And David consulted the Lord, saying, 'Shall I pursue these robbers, and will I overtake them, or not?' And the Lord said to him: 'Pursue. For without doubt, you will overtake them and find the prey.'
9 Therefore, David went away, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and they arrived as far as the torrent Besor. And certain ones, being weary, stayed there.
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