1 Samuel 30

1 ♥ 📝 A nd it came to pass, when David^H1732 and his men^H582 were come^H935 to Ziklag^H6860 on the third^H7992 day,^H3117 that the Amalekites^H6003 had made a raid^H6584 upon the South,^H5045 and upon Ziklag,^H6860 and had smitten^H5221 Ziklag,^H6860 and burned^H8313 it with fire,^H784

2 ♥ 📝 and had taken captive^H7617 the women^H802 [and all] that were therein, both small^H6996 and great:^H1419 they slew^H4191 not any,^H376 but carried them off,^H5090 and went^H3212 their way.^H1870

3 ♥ 📝 And when David^H1732 and his men^H582 came^H935 to the city,^H5892 behold, it was burned^H8313 with fire;^H784 and their wives,^H802 and their sons,^H1121 and their daughters,^H1323 were taken captive.^H7617

4 ♥ 📝 Then David^H1732 and the people^H5971 that were with him lifted up^H5375 their voice^H6963 and wept,^H1058 until they had no more power^H3581 to weep.^H1058

5 ♥ 📝 And David's^H1732 two^H8147 wives^H802 were taken captive,^H7617 Ahinoam^H293 the Jezreelitess,^H3159 and Abigail^H26 the wife^H802 of Nabal^H5037 the Carmelite.^H3761

6 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 was greatly^H3966 distressed;^H3334 for the people^H5971 spake^H559 of stoning^H5619 him, because the soul^H5315 of all the people^H5971 was grieved,^H4843 every man^H376 for his sons^H1121 and for his daughters:^H1323 but David^H1732 strengthened^H2388 himself in Jehovah^H3068 his God.^H430

7 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 said^H559 to Abiathar^H54 the priest,^H3548 the son^H1121 of Ahimelech,^H288 I pray thee, bring me hither^H5066 the ephod.^H646 And Abiathar^H54 brought^H5066 thither the ephod^H646 to David.^H1732

8 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 inquired^H7592 of Jehovah,^H3068 saying,^H559 If I pursue^H7291 after^H310 this troop,^H1416 shall I overtake^H5381 them? And he answered^H559 him, Pursue;^H7291 for thou shalt surely^H5381 overtake^H5381 [them], and shalt without fail^H5337 recover^H5337 [all].

9 ♥ 📝 So David^H1732 went,^H3212 he and the six^H8337 hundred^H3967 men^H376 that were with him, and came^H935 to the brook^H5158 Besor,^H1308 where those that were left behind^H3498 stayed.^H5975

10 ♥ 📝 But David^H1732 pursued,^H7291 he and four^H702 hundred^H3967 men;^H376 for two hundred^H3967 stayed behind,^H5975 who were so faint^H6296 that they could not go over^H5674 the brook^H5158 Besor.^H1308

11 ♥ 📝 And they found^H4672 an Egyptian^H376 in the field,^H7704 and brought^H3947 him to David,^H1732 and gave^H5414 him bread,^H3899 and he did eat;^H398 and they gave him water^H4325 to drink.^H8248

12 ♥ 📝 And they gave^H5414 him a piece^H6400 of a cake^H1690 of figs, and two^H8147 clusters of raisins:^H6778 and when he had eaten,^H398 his spirit^H7307 came again^H7725 to him; for he had eaten^H398 no bread,^H3899 nor drunk^H8354 any water,^H4325 three^H7969 days^H3117 and three^H7969 nights.^H3915

13 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 said^H559 unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said,^H559 I am a young man^H5288 of Egypt,^H4713 servant^H5650 to an Amalekite;^H376 and my master^H113 left^H5800 me, because three^H7969 days^H3117 ago I fell sick.^H2470

14 ♥ 📝 We made a raid^H6584 upon the South^H5045 of the Cherethites,^H3774 and upon that which belongeth to Judah,^H3063 and upon the South^H5045 of Caleb;^H3612 and we burned^H8313 Ziklag^H6860 with fire.^H784

15 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 said^H559 to him, Wilt thou bring me down^H3381 to this troop?^H1416 And he said,^H559 Swear^H7650 unto me by God,^H430 that thou wilt neither kill^H4191 me, nor^H518 deliver^H5462 me up into the hands^H3027 of my master,^H113 and I will bring thee down^H3381 to this troop.^H1416

16 ♥ 📝 And when he had brought him down,^H3381 behold, they were spread abroad^H5203 over all^H6440 the ground,^H776 eating^H398 and drinking,^H8354 and dancing,^H2287 because of all the great^H1419 spoil^H7998 that they had taken^H3947 out of the land^H776 of the Philistines,^H6430 and out of the land^H776 of Judah.^H3063

17 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 smote^H5221 them from the twilight^H5399 even unto the evening^H6153 of the next day:^H4283 and there escaped^H4422 not a man^H376 of them, save four^H702 hundred^H3967 young^H5288 men,^H376 who rode^H7392 upon camels^H1581 and fled.^H5127

18 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 recovered^H5337 all that the Amalekites^H6002 had taken;^H3947 and David^H1732 rescued^H5337 his two^H8147 wives.^H802

19 ♥ 📝 And there was nothing lacking^H5737 to them, neither^H4480 small^H6996 nor great,^H1419 neither sons^H1121 nor daughters,^H1323 neither spoil,^H7998 nor anything that they had taken^H3947 to them: David^H1732 brought^H3947 back all.

20 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 took^H3947 all the flocks^H6629 and the herds,^H1241 [which] they drove^H5090 before^H6440 those^H1931 [other] cattle,^H4735 and said,^H559 This is David's^H1732 spoil.^H7998

21 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 came^H935 to the two hundred^H3967 men,^H582 who were so faint^H6296 that they could not follow^H3212 David,^H1732 whom also they had made to abide^H3427 at the brook^H5158 Besor;^H1308 and they went forth^H3318 to meet^H7125 David,^H1732 and to meet^H7125 the people^H5971 that were with him: and when David^H1732 came near^H5066 to the people,^H5971 he saluted^H7592 them.

22 ♥ 📝 Then answered^H6030 all the wicked^H7451 men^H376 and base^H1100 fellows, of those^H582 that went^H1980 with David,^H1732 and said,^H559 Because they went^H1980 not with us, we will not give^H5414 them aught of the spoil^H7998 that we have recovered,^H5337 save to every man^H376 his wife^H802 and his children,^H1121 that he may lead them away,^H5090 and depart.^H3212

23 ♥ 📝 Then said^H559 David,^H1732 Ye shall not do so,^H6213 my brethren,^H251 with that which Jehovah^H3068 hath given^H5414 unto us, who hath preserved^H8104 us, and delivered^H5414 the troop^H1416 that came^H935 against us into our hand.^H3027

24 ♥ 📝 And who will hearken^H8085 unto you in this matter?^H1697 for as his share^H2506 is that goeth down^H3381 to the battle,^H4421 so shall his share^H2506 be that tarrieth^H3427 by the baggage:^H3627 they shall share^H2505 alike.^H3162

25 ♥ 📝 And it was so from that day^H3117 forward,^H4605 that he made^H7760 it a statute^H2706 and an ordinance^H4941 for Israel^H3478 unto this day.^H3117

26 ♥ 📝 And when David^H1732 came^H935 to Ziklag,^H6860 he sent^H7971 of the spoil^H7998 unto the elders^H2205 of Judah,^H3063 even to his friends,^H7453 saying,^H559 Behold, a present^H1293 for you of the spoil^H7998 of the enemies^H341 of Jehovah:^H3068

27 ♥ 📝 To them^H834 that were in Beth-el,^H1008 and to them that were in Ramoth^H7418 of the South,^H5045 and to them that were in Jattir,^H3492

28 ♥ 📝 and to them that were in Aroer,^H6177 and to them that were in Siphmoth,^H8224 and to them that were in Eshtemoa,^H851

29 ♥ 📝 and to them that were in Racal,^H7403 and to them that were in the cities^H5892 of the Jerahmeelites,^H3397 and to them that were in the cities^H5892 of the Kenites,^H7017

30 ♥ 📝 and to them that were in Hormah,^H2767 and to them that were in Bor-ashan,^H3565 and to them that were in Athach,^H6269

31 ♥ 📝 and to them that were in Hebron,^H2275 and to all the places^H4725 where David^H1732 himself and his men^H582 were wont to haunt.^H1980