Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai from the wadis of Gaash,

Now, get up and cross the Wadi Zered.” ¹  So we did so. ² 

After a while, ¹  the stream dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

Hurai ¹  from the valleys of Gaash, Abiel ²  the Arbathite,

Drink from the stream; I have already told ¹  the ravens to bring you food ²  there.”

The ravens would bring him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he would drink from the stream.

The border then descended southward to the Valley of Kanah. Ephraim was assigned cities there among the cities of Manasseh, ¹  but the border of Manasseh was north of the valley and ended at the sea.

The lotus trees conceal it in their ¹  shadow; the poplars by the stream conceal it.

There the border will turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and then its direction is to the sea. ¹ 

My brothers ¹  have been as treacherous ²  as a seasonal stream, ³  and as the riverbeds of the intermittent streams ⁴  that flow away. ⁵ 

From the stream along the road he drinks; then he lifts up his head. ¹ 

It then crossed to Azmon, extended to the Stream of Egypt, ¹  and ended at the sea. This was their ²  southern border.

Their border went up westward to Maralah and touched Dabbesheth and the valley near ¹  Jokneam.

“Leave here and travel eastward. Hide out in the Kerith Valley near the Jordan.

For this reason what they have made and stored up, they carry over the Stream of the Poplars.

From there they traveled to Gudgodah, ¹  and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, ²  a place of flowing streams.

For the Lord your God is bringing you to a good land, a land of brooks, ¹  springs, and fountains flowing forth in valleys and hills,

So David went, accompanied by his six hundred men. When he came to the Wadi Besor, those who were in the rear stayed there. ¹ 

David and four hundred men continued the pursuit, but two hundred men who were too exhausted to cross the Wadi Besor stayed there.

At that time Solomon and all Israel with him celebrated a festival for seven days. This great assembly included people from Lebo Hamath in the north to the Brook of Egypt in the south. ¹