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Text -- 1 Samuel 30:1-31 (NET)
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David Defeats the Amalekites
30:1 On the third day David and his men came to Ziklag . Now the Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag . They attacked Ziklag and burned it.
30:2 They took captive the women who were in it, from the youngest to the oldest , but they did not kill anyone . They simply carried them off and went on their way .
30:3 When David and his men came to the city , they found it burned . Their wives , sons , and daughters had been taken captive .
30:4 Then David and the men who were with him wept loudly until they could weep no more .
30:5 David’s two wives had been taken captive – Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail the Carmelite , Nabal’s widow .
30:6 David was very upset , for the men were thinking of stoning him; each man grieved bitterly over his sons and daughters . But David drew strength from the Lord his God .
30:7 Then David said to the priest Abiathar son of Ahimelech , “Bring me the ephod .” So Abiathar brought the ephod to David .
30:8 David inquired of the Lord , saying , “Should I pursue this raiding band ? Will I overtake them?” He said to him, “Pursue , for you will certainly overtake them and carry out a rescue!”
30:9 So David went , accompanied by his six hundred men . When he came to the Wadi Besor , those who were in the rear stayed there.
30:10 David and four hundred men continued the pursuit , but two hundred men who were too exhausted to cross the Wadi Besor stayed there.
30:11 Then they found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David . They gave him bread to eat and water to drink .
30:12 They gave him a slice of pressed figs and two bunches of raisins to eat . This greatly refreshed him, for he had not eaten food or drunk water for three days and three nights .
30:13 David said to him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” The young man said , “I am an Egyptian , the servant of an Amalekite man . My master abandoned me when I was ill for three days .
30:14 We conducted a raid on the Negev of the Kerethites , on the area of Judah , and on the Negev of Caleb . We burned Ziklag .”
30:15 David said to him, “Can you take us down to this raiding party ?” He said , “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or hand me over to my master , and I will take you down to this raiding party .”
30:16 So he took David down , and they found them spread out over the land . They were eating and drinking and enjoying themselves because of all the loot they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah .
30:17 But David struck them down from twilight until the following evening . None of them escaped , with the exception of four hundred young men who got away on camels .
30:18 David retrieved everything the Amalekites had taken ; he also rescued his two wives .
30:19 There was nothing missing , whether small or great . He retrieved sons and daughters , the plunder , and everything else they had taken . David brought everything back .
30:20 David took all the flocks and herds and drove them in front of the rest of the animals . People were saying , “This is David’s plunder !”
30:21 Then David approached the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to go with him , those whom they had left at the Wadi Besor . They went out to meet David and the people who were with him. When David approached the people , he asked how they were doing .
30:22 But all the evil and worthless men among those who had gone with David said , “Since they didn’t go with us, we won’t give them any of the loot we retrieved ! They may take only their wives and children . Let them lead them away and be gone !”
30:23 But David said , “No ! You shouldn’t do this, my brothers . Look at what the Lord has given us! He has protected us and has delivered into our hands the raiding party that came against us.
30:24 Who will listen to you in this matter ? The portion of the one who went down into the battle will be the same as the portion of the one who remained with the equipment ! Let their portions be the same !”
30:25 From that time onward it was a binding ordinance for Israel , right up to the present time .
30:26 When David came to Ziklag , he sent some of the plunder to the elders of Judah who were his friends , saying , “Here’s a gift for you from the looting of the Lord’s enemies !”
30:27 The gift was for those in the following locations: for those in Bethel , Ramoth Negev , and Jattir ;
30:28 for those in Aroer , Siphmoth , Eshtemoa ,
30:29 and Racal ; for those in the cities of the Jerahmeelites and Kenites ;
30:30 for those in Hormah , Bor Ashan , Athach ,
30:31 and Hebron ; and for those in whatever other places David and his men had traveled .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Ziklag |
David |
Amalekites |
Israel |
SAMUEL, BOOKS OF |
Robbery |
Abigail |
FAINT |
Ahinoam |
ELDER |
Philistines |
BESOR, THE BROOK |
Besor |
PALESTINE, 2 |
Aroer |
Abiathar |
Siphmoth |
Cherethites |
Eshtemoa |
BOOTY |
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NET Notes: 1Sa 30:3 Heb “and David and his men came to the city, and look, it was burned with fire.”
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NET Notes: 1Sa 30:18 Heb “David.” The pronoun (“he”) has been substituted for the proper name in the translation for stylistic reasons.
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NET Notes: 1Sa 30:19 Heb “there was nothing missing to them, from the small even unto the great, and unto sons and daughters, and from loot even unto all which they ...
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NET Notes: 1Sa 30:21 Heb “David.” The pronoun (“him”) has been substituted for the proper name in the translation for stylistic reasons.
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NET Notes: 1Sa 30:22 Heb “with me.” The singular is used rather than the plural because the group is being treated as a singular entity, in keeping with Hebrew...
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NET Notes: 1Sa 30:23 This clause is difficult in the MT. The present translation accepts the text as found in the MT and understands this clause to be elliptical, with an ...
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