1 Samuel 30:2-12
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2 And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.
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3 So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.
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4 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
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5 And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
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6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
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7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.
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8 And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.
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9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.
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10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
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11 And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;
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12 And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.