ASV_Strong : 1 Samuel 30
1. And it came to pass[H1732], when David and his men[H582] were come[H935] to Ziklag[H6860] on the third[H7992] day[H3117], that the Amalekites[H6003] had made a raid[H6584] upon the South[H5045], and upon Ziklag[H6860], and had smitten[H5221] Ziklag[H6860], and burned[H8313] it with fire[H784],
2. and had taken captive[H7617] the women[H802] and all that were therein[H6996], both small and great[H1419]: they slew[H4191] not any[H376], but carried them off[H5090], and went[H3212] their way[H1870].
3. And when David[H1732] and his men[H582] came[H935] to the city[H5892], behold[H8313], it was burned with fire[H784]; and their wives[H802], and their sons[H1121], and their daughters[H1323], were taken captive[H7617].
4. Then David[H1732] and the people[H5971] that were with him lifted up[H5375] their voice[H6963] and wept[H1058], until they had no more power[H3581] to weep[H1058].
5. And David[H1732]'s two[H8147] wives[H802] were taken captive[H7617], Ahinoam[H293] the Jezreelitess[H3159], and Abigail[H26] the wife[H802] of Nabal[H5037] the Carmelite[H3761].
6. And David[H1732] was greatly[H3966] distressed[H3334]; for the people[H5971] spake[H559] of stoning[H5619] him[H5315], because the soul of all the people[H5971] was grieved[H4843], every man[H376] for his sons[H1121] and for his daughters[H1323]: but David[H1732] strengthened[H2388] himself in Jehovah[H3068] his God[H430].
7. And David[H1732] said[H559] to Abiathar[H54] the priest[H3548], the son[H1121] of Ahimelech[H288], I pray thee[H5066], bring me hither the ephod[H646]. And Abiathar[H54] brought[H5066] thither the ephod[H646] to David[H1732].
8. And David[H1732] inquired[H7592] of Jehovah[H3068], saying[H559], If I pursue[H7291] after[H310] this troop[H1416], shall I overtake[H5381] them[H559]? And he answered him[H7291], Pursue; for thou shalt surely[H5381] overtake[H5381] them[H5337], and shalt without fail recover all[H5337].
9. So David[H1732] went[H3212], he and the six[H8337] hundred[H3967] men[H376] that were with him[H935], and came to the brook[H5158] Besor[H1308], where those that were left behind[H3498] stayed[H5975].
10. But David[H1732] pursued[H7291], he and four[H702] hundred[H3967] men[H376]; for two hundred[H3967] stayed behind[H5975], who were so faint[H6296] that they could not go over[H5674] the brook[H5158] Besor[H1308].
11. And they found[H4672] an Egyptian[H376] in the field[H7704], and brought[H3947] him to David[H1732], and gave[H5414] him bread[H3899], and he did eat[H398]; and they gave him water[H4325] to drink[H8248].
12. And they gave[H5414] him a piece[H6400] of a cake[H1690] of figs[H8147], and two clusters of raisins[H6778]: and when he had eaten[H398], his spirit[H7307] came again[H7725] to him[H398]; for he had eaten no bread[H3899], nor drunk[H8354] any water[H4325], three[H7969] days[H3117] and three[H7969] nights[H3915].
13. And David[H1732] said[H559] unto him[H559], To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man[H5288] of Egypt[H4713], servant[H5650] to an Amalekite[H376]; and my master[H113] left[H5800] me[H7969], because three days[H3117] ago I fell sick[H2470].
14. We made a raid[H6584] upon the South[H5045] of the Cherethites[H3774], and upon that which belongeth to Judah[H3063], and upon the South[H5045] of Caleb[H3612]; and we burned[H8313] Ziklag[H6860] with fire[H784].
15. And David[H1732] said[H559] to him[H3381], Wilt thou bring me down to this troop[H1416]? And he said[H559], Swear[H7650] unto me by God[H430], that thou wilt neither kill[H4191] me[H518], nor deliver[H5462] me up into the hands[H3027] of my master[H113], and I will bring thee down[H3381] to this troop[H1416].
16. And when he had brought him down[H3381], behold[H5203], they were spread abroad over all[H6440] the ground[H776], eating[H398] and drinking[H8354], and dancing[H2287], because of all the great[H1419] spoil[H7998] that they had taken[H3947] out of the land[H776] of the Philistines[H6430], and out of the land[H776] of Judah[H3063].
17. And David[H1732] smote[H5221] them from the twilight[H5399] even unto the evening[H6153] of the next day[H4283]: and there escaped[H4422] not a man[H376] of them[H702], save four hundred[H3967] young[H5288] men[H376], who rode[H7392] upon camels[H1581] and fled[H5127].
18. And David[H1732] recovered[H5337] all that the Amalekites[H6002] had taken[H3947]; and David[H1732] rescued[H5337] his two[H8147] wives[H802].
19. And there was nothing lacking[H5737] to them[H4480], neither small[H6996] nor great[H1419], neither sons[H1121] nor daughters[H1323], neither spoil[H7998], nor anything that they had taken[H3947] to them[H1732]: David brought back all[H3947].
20. And David[H1732] took[H3947] all the flocks[H6629] and the herds[H1241], which they drove[H5090] before[H6440] those[H1931] other cattle[H4735], and said[H559], This is David[H1732]'s spoil[H7998].
21. And David[H1732] came[H935] to the two hundred[H3967] men[H582], who were so faint[H6296] that they could not follow[H3212] David[H1732], whom also they had made to abide[H3427] at the brook[H5158] Besor[H1308]; and they went forth[H3318] to meet[H7125] David[H1732], and to meet[H7125] the people[H5971] that were with him[H1732]: and when David came near[H5066] to the people[H5971], he saluted them[H7592].
22. Then answered[H6030] all the wicked[H7451] men[H376] and base[H1100] fellows[H582], of those that went[H1980] with David[H1732], and said[H559], Because they went[H1980] not with us[H5414], we will not give them aught of the spoil[H7998] that we have recovered[H5337], save to every man[H376] his wife[H802] and his children[H1121], that he may lead them away[H5090], and depart[H3212].
23. Then said[H559] David[H1732], Ye shall not do so[H6213], my brethren[H251], with that which Jehovah[H3068] hath given[H5414] unto us[H8104], who hath preserved us[H5414], and delivered the troop[H1416] that came[H935] against us into our hand[H3027].
24. And who will hearken[H8085] unto you in this matter[H1697]? for as his share[H2506] is that goeth down[H3381] to the battle[H4421], so shall his share[H2506] be that tarrieth[H3427] by the baggage[H3627]: they shall share[H2505] alike[H3162].
25. And it was so from that day[H3117] forward[H4605], that he made[H7760] it a statute[H2706] and an ordinance[H4941] for Israel[H3478] unto this day[H3117].
26. And when David[H1732] came[H935] to Ziklag[H6860], he sent[H7971] of the spoil[H7998] unto the elders[H2205] of Judah[H3063], even to his friends[H7453], saying[H559], Behold[H1293], a present for you of the spoil[H7998] of the enemies[H341] of Jehovah[H3068]:
27. To them[H834] that were in Beth-el[H1008], and to them that were in Ramoth[H7418] of the South[H5045], and to them that were in Jattir[H3492],
28. and to them that were in Aroer[H6177], and to them that were in Siphmoth[H8224], and to them that were in Eshtemoa[H851],
29. and to them that were in Racal[H7403], and to them that were in the cities[H5892] of the Jerahmeelites[H3397], and to them that were in the cities[H5892] of the Kenites[H7017],
30. and to them that were in Hormah[H2767], and to them that were in Bor-ashan[H3565], and to them that were in Athach[H6269],
31. and to them that were in Hebron[H2275], and to all the places[H4725] where David[H1732] himself and his men[H582] were wont to haunt[H1980].
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