7 David said to Abiathar the priest, son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought it to him,
8 and David asked the Lord: “Should I pursue these raiders? Will I overtake them? ” The Lord replied to him, “Pursue them, for you will certainly overtake them and rescue the people.”
9 David and the 600 men with him went as far as the Wadi Besor, where 200 men who were to remain behind would stop.
10 They stopped because they were too exhausted to cross the Wadi Besor. David and 400 of the men continued in pursuit.
11 They found an Egyptian in the open country and brought him to David. They gave him some bread to eat and water to drink.
12 Then they gave him some pressed figs and two clusters of raisins. After he ate he revived, for he hadn’t eaten food or drunk water for three days and three nights.
13 Then David said to him, “Who do you belong to? Where are you from? ”“I’m an Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite man,” he said. “My master abandoned me when I got sick three days ago.