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| 1st-Samuel 30:1 | It happened, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid on the South, and on Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag, and burned it with fire, | Now when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made an attack on the South and on Ziklag, and had overcome Ziklag and put it on fire; |
| 1st-Samuel 30:2 | and had taken captive the women [and all] who were therein, both small and great: they didn't kill any, but carried them off, and went their way. | And had made the women and all who were there, small and great, prisoners: they had not put any of them to death, but had taken them all away. |
| 1st-Samuel 30:3 | When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captive. | And when David and his men came to the town, they saw that it had been burned down, and their wives and their sons and daughters had been made prisoners. |
| 1st-Samuel 30:4 | Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep. | Then David and the people who were with him gave themselves up to weeping till they were able to go on weeping no longer. |
| 1st-Samuel 30:5 | David's two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. | And David's two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel, had been made prisoners. |
| 1st-Samuel 30:6 | David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God. | And David was greatly troubled; for the people were talking of stoning him, because their hearts were bitter, every man sorrowing for his sons and his daughters: but David made himself strong in the Lord his God. |
| 1st-Samuel 30:7 | David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, Please bring me here the ephod. Abiathar brought there the ephod to David. | And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, Come here to me with the ephod. And Abiathar took the ephod to David. |
| 1st-Samuel 30:8 | David inquired of Yahweh, saying, If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake them? He answered him, Pursue; for you shall surely overtake [them], and shall without fail recover [all]. | Then David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go after this band? will I be able to overtake them? And in answer he said, Go after them, for you will certainly overtake them, and get back everything. |
| 1st-Samuel 30:9 | So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed. | So David went, and his six hundred men went with him, and they came to the stream Besor. |
| 1st-Samuel 30:10 | But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they couldn't go over the brook Besor. | And David, with four hundred men, went on: but two hundred of them were overcome with weariness, and not able to go across the stream. |
| 1st-Samuel 30:11 | They found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink. | And in the fields they saw an Egyptian whom they took to David, and they gave him bread, and he had a meal, and they gave him water for drink; |
| 1st-Samuel 30:12 | 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. | And they gave him part of a cake of figs and some dry grapes; and after the food, his spirit came back to him, for he had had no food or drink for three days and nights. |
| 1st-Samuel 30:13 | David said to him, To whom belong you? and whence are you? He said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick. | And David said to him, Whose man are you and where do you come from? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master went on without me because three days back I became ill. |
| 1st-Samuel 30:14 | We made a raid on the South of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the South of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire. | We made an attack on the south part of the country of the Cherethites, and on the land which is Judah's, and on the south of Caleb; and we put Ziklag on fire. |
| 1st-Samuel 30:15 | David said to him, Will you bring me down to this troop? He said, Swear to me by God, that you will neither kill me, nor deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this troop. | And David said to him, Will you take me down to this band? And he said, If you give me your oath that you will not put me to death or give me up to my master, I will take you to them. |
| 1st-Samuel 30:16 | When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the ground, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah. | And when he had taken him down, they saw them all, seated about on all sides, feasting and drinking among all the mass of goods which they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah. |
| 1st-Samuel 30:17 | David struck them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day: and there not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men, who rode on camels and fled. | And David went on fighting them from evening till the evening of the day after; and not one of them got away but only four hundred young men who went in flight on camels. |
| 1st-Samuel 30:18 | David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives. | And David got back everything the Amalekites had taken; and he got back his two wives. |
| 1st-Samuel 30:19 | There was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor anything that they had taken to them: David brought back all. | There was no loss of anything, small or great, sons or daughters or goods or anything which they had taken away: David got it all back. |
| 1st-Samuel 30:20 | David took all the flocks and the herds, [which] they drove before those [other] cattle, and said, This is David's spoil. | And they took all the flocks and herds, and driving them in front of him, said, These are David's. |
| 1st-Samuel 30:21 | David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom also they had made to abide at the brook Besor; and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people who were with him: and when David came near to the people, he greeted them. | And David came to the two hundred men, who because of weariness had not gone with him, but were waiting at the stream Besor: and they went out, meeting David and the people who were with him; and when they came near them, they said, How are you? |
| 1st-Samuel 30:22 | Then answered all the wicked men and base fellows, of those who went with David, and said, Because they didn't go with us, we will not give them anything of the spoil that we have recovered, except to every man his wife and his children, that he may lead them away, and depart. | Then the bad and good-for-nothing men among those who went with David said, Because they did not go with us, we will give them nothing of the goods which we have got back, but only to every man his wife and children, so that he may take them and go. |
| 1st-Samuel 30:23 | Then said David, You shall not do so, my brothers, with that which Yahweh has given to us, who has preserved us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand. | Then David said, You are not to do this, my brothers, after what the Lord has given us, who has kept us safe and given up the band which came against us into our hands. |
| 1st-Samuel 30:24 | Who will listen to you in this matter? for as his share is who goes down to the battle, so shall his share be who tarries by the baggage: they shall share alike. | Who is going to give any attention to you in this question? for an equal part will be given to him who went to the fight and to him who was waiting by the goods: they are all to have the same. |
| 1st-Samuel 30:25 | It was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day. | And so he made it a rule and an order for Israel from that day till now. |
| 1st-Samuel 30:26 | When David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil to the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold, a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of Yahweh: | And when David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the goods to the responsible men of Judah, and to his friends, saying, Here is an offering for you from the goods of those who were fighting against the Lord; |
| 1st-Samuel 30:27 | To those who were in Bethel, and to those who were in Ramoth of the South, and to those who were in Jattir, | He sent to those who were in Beth-el, and in Ramah of the South, and in Jattir; |
| 1st-Samuel 30:28 | and to those who were in Aroer, and to those who were in Siphmoth, and to those who were in Eshtemoa, | And to those in Arara and Eshtemoa |
| 1st-Samuel 30:29 | and to those who were in Racal, and to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those who were in the cities of the Kenites, | and Carmel and in the towns of the Jerahmeelites, and in the towns of the Kenites; |
| 1st-Samuel 30:30 | and to those who were in Hormah, and to those who were in Bor-ashan, and to those who were in Athach, | And to those who were in Hormah and in Bor-ashan and in Athach; |
| 1st-Samuel 30:31 | and to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men used to stay. | And in Hebron, and to all the places where David and his men had been living. |
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