1Sam 30
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And it came to pass when David and his men had entered Sekelac on the third day, that
Amalec had made an incursion upon the south, and upon Sekelac, and smitten Sekelac,
and burnt it with fire.
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And as to the women and all things that were in it, great and small, they slew neither
man nor woman, but carried them captives, and went on their way.
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And David and his men came into the city, and, behold, it was burnt with fire; and
their wives, and their sons, and their daughters were carried captive.
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And David and his men lifted up their voice, and wept till there was no longer any
power within them to weep.
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And both the wives of David were carried captive, Achinaam, the Jezraelitess, and
Abigaia the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
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And David was greatly distressed, because the people spoke of stoning him, because
the soul of all the people was grieved, each for his sons and his daughters: but David
strengthened himself in the Lord his God.
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And David said to Abiathar the priest the son of Achimelech, Bring near the Alex. and Heb. +’And Abiathar brought the ephod
to David’ ephod.
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And David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this The Greek is borrowed from the Hebrew troop? shall I overtake
them? and he said to him, Pursue, for you shall surely overtake
them, and you shall surely rescue the captives.
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So David went, he and the six hundred men with him, an they come as far as the brook
Bosor, and the superfluous ones stopped.
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And he pursued them with four hundred men; and there remained behind two hundred men,
who tarried on the other side of the brook Bosor.
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And they find an Egyptian in the field, and they take him, and bring him to David;
and they Gr. give gave him bread and he ate, and they caused him to drink water.
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And they Gr. give gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and he ate, and his spirit was Gr. staid or established in him restored
in him; for he had not eaten bread, and had not drunk water three days and
three nights.
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And David said to him, Whose are you? and whence are you? and the young man the Egyptian
said, I am the servant of an Amalekite; and my master left me, because I was taken
ill three days ago.
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And we made an incursion on the south of the Chelethite, and on the parts of Judea,
and on the south of Chelub, and we burnt Sekelac with fire.
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And David said to him, Will you bring me down to this troop? And he said, Swear now
to me by God, that you will not kill me, and that you will not deliver me into the
hands of my master, and I will bring you down upon this troop.
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So be brought him down there, and behold, they were scattered abroad upon the surface
of the whole land, eating and drinking, and feasting by reason of all the great spoils
which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Juda.
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And David came upon them, and smote them from the morning till the evening, and on
the next day; and not one of them escaped, except four hundred young men, who were
mounted on camels, and fled.
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And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and he rescued both his wives.
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And See Nu 31:49; Jos 23:14; 1 Ki 8:56 nothing was wanting to them of great or small, either of the spoils, or the sons
and daughters, or anything that they had taken of theirs; and David recovered all.
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And he took all the flocks, and the herds, and led them away before the spoils: and
it was said of these spoils, These are the spoils of David.
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And David comes to the two hundred men who were left behind that they should not follow
after David, and he had caused them to remain Gr. in by the brook of Bosor; and they came forth to meet David, and to meet
his people
with him: and David drew near to the people, and they asked him how he did.
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Then every ill-disposed and bad man of the soldiers who had gone with David, answered
and said, Because they did not pursue together with us, we will not give them of the
spoils which we have recovered, only let each one lead away with him his wife and
his children, and let them return.
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And David said, You shall not do so, after the Lord has delivered the enemy to us,
and guarded us, and the Lord has delivered into our hands the troop that came against
us.
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And who will hearken to these your words? for they are not Gr. an inferior thing inferior to us; for according to the portion
of him whom went down to the battle,
so shall be the portion of him whom abides with the baggage; they shall share alike.
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And it came to pass from that day forward, that it became an ordinance and a custom
in Israel until this day.
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And David came to Sekelac, and sent of the spoils to the elders of Juda, and to his
friends, saying, Heb. and Alex. «Behold! a blessing from you,’ etc. Behold some of the spoils of the enemies of the Lord;
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to those in Heb. and Alex. «Bether’ Baethsur, and to those in Rama of the south, and to those in Gethor.
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And to those in Aroer, and to those in Ammadi, and to those in Saphi, and to those
in Esthie,
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and to those in Geth, and to those in Cimath, and to those in Saphec, and to those
in Themath, and to those in Carmel, and to those in the cities of Jeremeel, and to
those in the cities of the Kenezite;
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and to those in Jerimuth, and to those in Bersabee, and to those in Nombe,
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and to those in Chebron, and to all the places which David and his men had passed
through.