1Samuel: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 . * 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 . * 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 . * And David and his men lifted up their voice , and wept till there was no longer any power within them to weep . * And both the wives of David were carried captive , Achinaam , the Jezraelitess , and Abigaia the wife of Nabal the Carmelite . * 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 . * And David said to Abiathar the priest the son of Achimelech , Bring near the (note :)Alex . and Hebrews . +’And Abiathar brought the ephod to David ’(:note ) ephod . * And David enquired of the Lord , saying , Shall I pursue after this (note :)The Greek is borrowed from the Hebrew (:note ) troop ? shall I overtake them ? and he said to him , Pursue , for thou shalt surely overtake them , and thou shalt surely rescue the captives . * 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 . * 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 . * And they find an Egyptian in the field , and they take him , and bring him to David ; and they (note :)Gr . give (:note ) gave him bread and he ate , and they caused him to drink water . * And they (note :)Gr . give (:note ) 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 . * And David said to him , Whose art thou ? and whence art thou ? 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 . * 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 . * And David said to him , Wilt thou bring me down to this troop ? And he said , Swear now to me by God , that thou wilt not kill me , and that thou wilt not deliver me into the hands of my master , and I will bring thee down upon this troop . * So be brought him down thither , 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 . * 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 . * And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken , and he rescued both his wives . * And (note :)See Nu strkjv @31:49 ; Jos strkjv @23:14 ; 1 Ki strkjv @8:56 (:note ) 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 . * 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 . * 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 (note :)Gr . in (:note ) 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 . * 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 . * And David said , Ye 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 . * And who will hearken to these your words ? for they are not (note :)Gr . an inferior thing (:note ) inferior to us ; for according to the portion of him that went down to the battle , so shall be the portion of him that abides with the baggage ; they shall share alike . * And it came to pass from that day forward , that it became an ordinance and a custom in Israel until this day . * And David came to Sekelac , and sent of the spoils to the elders of Juda , and to his friends , saying , (note :)Hebrews . and Alex . «Lo ! a blessing from you ,’ etc .(:note ) Behold some of the spoils of the enemies of the Lord ; * to those in (note :)Hebrews . and Alex . «Bether ’(:note ) Baethsur , and to those in Rama of the south , and to those in Gethor . * And to those in Aroer , and to those in Ammadi , and to those in Saphi , and to those in Esthie , * 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 ; * and to those in Jerimuth , and to those in Bersabee , and to those in Nombe , * and to those in Chebron , and to all the places which David and his men had passed through .

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