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BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
On
the
third
day
David and his men arrived
in
Ziklag, and
the Amalekites had raided
the Negev
, attacked
Ziklag, and burned it down.
And
it
came
to
pass,
when
David and his men were
come
to
Ziklag on
the
third
day
, that
the Amalekites had made
a
raid
upon
the South
, and
upon
Ziklag, and had
smitten
Ziklag,
and
burned it with
fire,
They
had taken captive the women and all who
were there
, both young
and old.
They had
not killed
anyone
, but had
carried them off as
they
went on
their way.
and
had taken captive the women `
and all '
that
were therein
, both small
and great:
they slew
not any
, but carried them off ,
and
went their way.
When David and his men came to the city, they
found
it burned down
and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.
And
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.
So
David and the troops
with him lifted up their voices
and wept until they had no strength
left
to weep.
Then
David and the people
that
were
with him lifted up their voice
and wept ,
until they had no more
power
to weep.
David’s
two wives, Ahinoam of
Jezreel
and Abigail the widow
of Nabal of
Carmel,
had
been
taken
captive
.
And
David's
two wives were
taken
captive
, Ahinoam the
Jezreelitess,
and Abigail the wife
of Nabal the
Carmelite
.
And David was greatly distressed because
the people spoke
of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved
for his sons and daughters .
But David found
strength
in the
LORD
his God.
And David was greatly distressed ;
for
the people spake
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 Jehovah
his God.
Then
David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “
Bring me the ephod. ”
So
Abiathar brought it
to him,
And
David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, I
pray
thee,
bring me hither
the ephod. And
Abiathar brought thither
the
ephod
to David.
and David inquired of the
LORD:
“Should
I pursue these
raiders?
Will
I overtake them? ”
“Pursue
them,”
the
LORD
replied
, “
for you
will
surely overtake them and rescue
the
captives
. ”
And David inquired of Jehovah,
saying,
If
I pursue after
this
troop,
shall
I overtake them? And
he
answered
him
, Pursue;
for thou
shalt
surely overtake `
them ',
and shalt
without
fail
recover
`all'
.
So David and his
six hundred men went
to the Brook of
Besor, where some
stayed
behind
So David went,
he
and the
six hundred men that
were
with
him,
and
came
to the brook Besor, where those
that
were
left
behind stayed.
because
two
hundred
men
were
too
exhausted
to
cross
the
brook.
But David and four hundred men continued
in
pursuit
.
But David pursued,
he
and four hundred men ;
for
two
hundred
stayed
behind,
who
were
so
faint
that
they
could
not
go
over
the
brook
Besor
.
Now
his
men
found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David .
They gave the
man
water to drink and
food
to
eat—
And
they
found an Egyptian in the field ,
and brought him to David ,
and
gave
him
bread,
and
he
did
eat;
and
they gave him
water to drink .
a piece of a fig
cake and two clusters of raisins .
So
he
ate
and was
revived
, for he had not
had
any food
or
water for
three days and three nights.
And
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.
Then
David asked
him, “
To whom do
you
belong,
and where
are
you
from
? ”
“I
am
an
Egyptian,”
he replied
, “the
slave
of an Amalekite .
My master abandoned
me three days ago when
I fell ill
.
And
David said
unto
him, To whom belongest
thou?
and whence
art
thou
? And
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
.
We raided
the Negev
of the Cherethites, the
territory
of
Judah, and the Negev
of Caleb ,
and we burned down
Ziklag. ”
We made
a
raid
upon
the South
of the Cherethites, and
upon
that
which
belongeth
to
Judah, and upon
the South
of Caleb ;
and we burned Ziklag with
fire
.
“Will
you
lead
me to these
raiders
? ”
David
asked.
And the
man
replied
, “
Swear to
me by God that you
will
not
kill me or
deliver me into the hand
of my master, and I will lead
you
to them
. ”
And
David
said
to
him,
Wilt
thou
bring
me down
to this
troop
? And he
said
, Swear unto
me by God ,
that thou
wilt
neither
kill me ,
nor
deliver me up
into the hands
of my master, and I will bring
thee
down
to this
troop
.
So
he led
David
down, and
there
were the
Amalekites
spread out
over all the land
, eating ,
drinking, and celebrating
the great amount
of
plunder
they had taken from
the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.
And
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 David struck
them down
from twilight until
the evening of the next day .
Not a man escaped
, except
four hundred young men who
fled
, riding
off
on
camels.
And David smote
them from the
twilight even
unto
the evening of the next day :
and
there
escaped
not a man of
them
, save
four hundred young men, who
rode
upon
camels and
fled
.
So
David recovered everything
the Amalekites had taken ,
including
his two wives.
And
David recovered all
that
the Amalekites had taken ;
and
David
rescued
his two wives.
Nothing
was missing
, young
or
old
, son
or
daughter
, or
any
of
the
plunder
the
Amalekites
had taken .
David brought everything
back.
And
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
.
And he
recovered
all the flocks and herds, which his
men
drove ahead
of
the
other livestock
, calling
out
, “
This is David’s
plunder!”
And David
took
all the flocks and the
herds, `
which '
they
drove before
those
`
other '
cattle
, and
said
, This is David's
spoil.
When
David came to the two hundred men who had been
too
exhausted
to follow
him
from
the Brook of
Besor ,
they came
out
to meet him
and the troops
with him .
As
David approached
the men
, he greeted
them ,
And
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
that
were
with him :
and
when
David came
near
to
the people
, he saluted
them .
but
all the wicked and
worthless
men among
those who
had
gone
with David said, “
Because they did
not go
with us, we will not share
with
them the plunder
we recovered, except
for
each
man’s
wife and children .
They
may take
them and go
. ”
Then
answered
all the wicked men and
base
fellows,
of
those that
went
with David ,
and
said, Because they went
not with us, we will not give
them aught
of
the spoil
that
we have
recovered, save
to
every
man
his
wife and his
children ,
that
he
may lead
them away,
and depart
.
But
David
said ,
“My
brothers
, you
must
not do this
with what
the
LORD
has
given us .
He
has
protected
us and delivered into
our
hands
the raiders
who
came against us.
Then
said David
, Ye
shall
not do so,
my
brethren,
with that
which
Jehovah
hath
given unto
us ,
who
hath
preserved
us ,
and delivered the troop
that
came against us into
our
hand
.
Who will listen
to
your
proposal
? The
share of
the
one
who
went
to battle
will
match
the share of
the
one
who
stayed
with
the supplies.
They will
share alike. ”
And
who will hearken
unto
you
in
this
matter
? for
as
his
share is
that
goeth
down
to the battle,
so
shall
his
share be
that
tarrieth
by
the baggage:
they shall
share alike.
And so
it has
been
from that day forward .
David
established
this
statute as
an ordinance for Israel to
this very
day.
And it was
so
from that day forward ,
that
he
made
it
a
statute and
an ordinance for Israel unto
this day.
When David arrived
in
Ziklag, he sent some
of the plunder
to
his
friends,
the elders of Judah, saying, “Here
is
a gift
for you from
the plunder
of the LORD’s
enemies .”
And
when David came
to
Ziklag, he sent of the spoil
unto
the elders of Judah, even
to
his
friends,
saying, Behold,
a present
for you of
the spoil
of the enemies of
Jehovah:
He
sent
gifts
to those
in Bethel
, Ramoth Negev
, and Jattir ;
To them
that
were
in Beth-el
, and
to
them
that
were
in
Ramoth of
the
South
, and to
them
that
were
in
Jattir ,
to those
in Aroer, Siphmoth, and Eshtemoa ;
and
to them
that
were
in Aroer, and
to
them
that
were
in
Siphmoth, and to
them
that
were
in
Eshtemoa ,
to those
in Racal and in the cities of the Jerahmeelites and Kenites ;
and
to them
that
were
in Racal ,
and to
them
that
were
in the cities of the Jerahmeelites ,
and to
them
that
were
in
the
cities
of
the
Kenites ,
to those
in Hormah, Bor-ashan, and Athach ;
and
to them
that
were
in Hormah, and
to
them
that
were
in
Bor-ashan, and to
them
that
were
in
Athach ,
and to those
in Hebron and in
all the places where David and his men had
roamed
.
and to them
that
were
in Hebron ,
and to
all the places where David himself
and his men were
wont
to
haunt
.
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