Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on 1 Samuel 30:9 in English Standard Version "So David set out, and the six hundred men who were with him, and they came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed." 1Sa 23:13 Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed from Keilah, and they went wherever they could go. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he gave up the expedition.