3 When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, their sons, and their daughters were taken captive.
4 Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept until they had no more power to weep.
5 David’s two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
6 David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.
7 David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Please bring the ephod here to me.”Abiathar brought the ephod to David.
8 David inquired of the Lord, saying, “If I pursue after this troop, will I overtake them?”He answered him, “Pursue; for you will surely overtake them, and will without fail recover all.”
9 So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed.