1 Samuel 30
King James Version with Strongs Numbers - 1 Samuel 30 << | >> 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 30:1 And it came to pass, when David1732 and his men0582 were come0935 to Ziklag6860 on the third7992 day3117, that the Amalekites6003 had invaded6584 the south5045, and Ziklag6860, and smitten5221 Ziklag6860, and burned8313 it with fire0784; 30:2 And had taken the women0802 captives7617, that {were} therein: they slew4191 not any0376, either great1419 or small6996, but carried {them} away5090, and went3212 on their way1870. 30:3 So David1732 and his men0582 came0935 to the city5892, and, behold, {it was} burned8313 with fire0784; and their wives0802, and their sons1121, and their daughters1323, were taken captives7617. 30:4 Then David1732 and the people5971 that {were} with him lifted up5375 their voice6963 and wept1058, until they had no more power3581 to weep1058. 30:5 And David's1732 two8147 wives0802 were taken captives7617, Ahinoam0293 the Jezreelitess3159, and Abigail0026 the wife0802 of Nabal5037 the Carmelite3761. 30:6 And David1732 was greatly3966 distressed3334; for the people5971 spake0559 of stoning5619 him, because the soul5315 of all the people5971 was grieved4843, every man0376 for his sons1121 and for his daughters1323: but David1732 encouraged2388 himself in the LORD3068 his God0430. 30:7 And David1732 said0559 to Abiathar0054 the priest3548, Ahimelech's0288 son1121, I pray thee, bring me hither5066 the ephod0646. And Abiathar0054 brought5066 thither the ephod0646 to David1732. 30:8 And David1732 enquired7592 at the LORD3068, saying0559, Shall I pursue7291 after0310 this troop1416? shall I overtake5381 them? And he answered0559 him, Pursue7291: for thou shalt surely5381 overtake5381 {them}, and without fail5337 recover5337 {all}. 30:9 So David1732 went3212, he and the six8337 hundred3967 men0376 that {were} with him, and came0935 to the brook5158 Besor1308, where those that were left behind3498 stayed5975. 30:10 But David1732 pursued7291, he and four0702 hundred3967 men0376: for two hundred3967 abode behind5975, which were so faint6296 that they could not go over5674 the brook5158 Besor1308. 30:11 And they found4672 an Egyptian0376-4713 in the field7704, and brought3947 him to David1732, and gave5414 him bread3899, and he did eat0398; and they made him drink8248 water4325; 30:12 And they gave5414 him a piece6400 of a cake1690 of figs, and two8147 clusters of raisins6778: and when he had eaten0398, his spirit7307 came again7725 to him: for he had eaten0398 no bread3899, nor drunk8354 {any} water4325, three7969 days3117 and three7969 nights3915. 30:13 And David1732 said0559 unto him, To whom {belongest} thou? and whence {art} thou? And he said0559, I {am} a young man5288 of Egypt4713, servant5650 to an Amalekite0376-6003; and my master0113 left5800 me, because three7969 days3117 agone I fell sick2470. 30:14 We made an invasion6584 {upon} the south5045 of the Cherethites3774, and upon {the coast} which {belongeth} to Judah3063, and upon the south5045 of Caleb3612; and we burned8313 Ziklag6860 with fire0784. 30:15 And David1732 said0559 to him, Canst thou bring me down3381 to this company1416? And he said0559, Swear7650 unto me by God0430, that thou wilt neither kill4191 me, nor0518 deliver5462 me into the hands3027 of my master0113, and I will bring thee down3381 to this company1416. 30:16 And when he had brought him down3381, behold, {they were} spread abroad5203 upon all6440 the earth0776, eating0398 and drinking8354, and dancing2287, because of all the great1419 spoil7998 that they had taken3947 out of the land0776 of the Philistines6430, and out of the land0776 of Judah3063. 30:17 And David1732 smote5221 them from the twilight5399 even unto the evening6153 of the next day4283: and there escaped4422 not a man0376 of them, save four0702 hundred3967 young5288 men0376, which rode7392 upon camels1581, and fled5127. 30:18 And David1732 recovered5337 all that the Amalekites6002 had carried away3947: and David1732 rescued5337 his two8147 wives0802. 30:19 And there was nothing lacking5737 to them, neither4480 small6996 nor great1419, neither sons1121 nor daughters1323, neither spoil7998, nor any {thing} that they had taken3947 to them: David1732 recovered7725 all. 30:20 And David1732 took3947 all the flocks6629 and the herds1241, {which} they drave5090 before6440 those1931 {other} cattle4735, and said0559, This {is} David's1732 spoil7998. 30:21 And David1732 came0935 to the two hundred3967 men0582, which were so faint6296 that they could not follow3212-0310 David1732, whom they had made also to abide3427 at the brook5158 Besor1308: and they went forth3318 to meet7125 David1732, and to meet7125 the people5971 that {were} with him: and when David1732 came near5066 to the people5971, he saluted7592-7965 them. 30:22 Then answered6030 all the wicked7451 men0376 and {men} of Belial1100, of those0582 that went1980 with David1732, and said0559, Because they went1980 not with us, we will not give5414 them {ought} of the spoil7998 that we have recovered5337, save to every man0376 his wife0802 and his children1121, that they may lead {them} away5090, and depart3212. 30:23 Then said0559 David1732, Ye shall not do so6213, my brethren0251, with that which the LORD3068 hath given5414 us, who hath preserved8104 us, and delivered5414 the company1416 that came0935 against us into our hand3027. 30:24 For who will hearken8085 unto you in this matter1697? but as his part2506 {is} that goeth down3381-3381 to the battle4421, so {shall} his part2506 {be} that tarrieth3427 by the stuff3627: they shall part2505 alike3162. 30:25 And it was {so} from that day3117 forward4605, that he made7760 it a statute2706 and an ordinance4941 for Israel3478 unto this day3117. 30:26 And when David1732 came0935 to Ziklag6860, he sent7971 of the spoil7998 unto the elders2205 of Judah3063, {even} to his friends7453, saying0559, Behold a present1293 for you of the spoil7998 of the enemies0341 of the LORD3068; 30:27 To {them}0834 which {were} in Bethel1008, and to {them} which {were} in south5045 Ramoth7418, and to {them} which {were} in Jattir3492, 30:28 And to {them} which {were} in Aroer6177, and to {them} which {were} in Siphmoth8224, and to {them} which {were} in Eshtemoa0851, 30:29 And to {them} which {were} in Rachal7403, and to {them} which {were} in the cities5892 of the Jerahmeelites3397, and to {them} which {were} in the cities5892 of the Kenites7017, 30:30 And to {them} which {were} in Hormah2767, and to {them} which {were} in Chorashan3565, and to {them} which {were} in Athach6269, 30:31 And to {them} which {were} in Hebron2275, and to all the places4725 where David1732 himself and his men0582 were wont to haunt1980.