²¹ Then David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted^(A) to follow him and who were left behind at the Besor Valley. They came out to meet David and the men with him. As David and his men approached, he asked them how they were.

Concluding Exhortations

13 Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters.^(A)

¹⁰ Two hundred of them were too exhausted^(A) to cross the valley, but David and the other four hundred continued the pursuit.

¹⁵ Then Gideon came and said to the men of Sukkoth, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me by saying, ‘Do you already have the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna in your possession? Why should we give bread to your exhausted men?^(A)’”

Suffering for Doing Good

⁸ Finally, all of you, be like-minded,^(A) be sympathetic, love one another,^(B) be compassionate and humble.^(C)