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1. And it came to pass,[H1961] when David[H1732] and his men[H376] were come[H935] to Ziklag[H6860] on the third[H7992] day,[H3117] that the Amalekites[H6003] had invaded[H6584] [H413] the south,[H5045] and Ziklag,[H6860] and smitten[H5221] [H853] Ziklag,[H6860] and burned[H8313] it with fire;[H784]

2. And had taken the women captives,[H7617] [H853] [H802] that[H834] were therein: they slew[H4191] not[H3808] any,[H376] either[H5704] great[H1419] or small,[H4480] [H6996] but carried them away,[H5090] and went[H1980] on their way.[H1870]

3. So David[H1732] and his men[H376] came[H935] to[H413] the city,[H5892] and, behold,[H2009] it was burned[H8313] with fire;[H784] and their wives,[H802] and their sons,[H1121] and their daughters,[H1323] were taken captives.[H7617]

4. Then David[H1732] and the people[H5971] that[H834] were with[H854] him lifted up[H5375] [H853] their voice[H6963] and wept,[H1058] until[H5704] [H834] they had no more[H369] power[H3581] to weep.[H1058]

5. And David's[H1732] two[H8147] wives[H802] were taken captives,[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[H3588] the people[H5971] spoke[H559] of stoning[H5619] him, because[H3588] the soul[H5315] of all[H3605] the people[H5971] was grieved,[H4843] every man[H376] for[H5921] his sons[H1121] and for[H5921] his daughters:[H1323] but David[H1732] encouraged himself[H2388] in the LORD[H3068] his God.[H430]

7. And David[H1732] said[H559] to[H413] Abiathar[H54] the priest,[H3548] Ahimelech's[H288] son,[H1121] I pray thee,[H4994] bring me hither[H5066] the ephod.[H646] And Abiathar[H54] brought[H5066] thither[H853] the ephod[H646] to[H413] David.[H1732]

8. And David[H1732] inquired[H7592] at the LORD,[H3068] saying,[H559] Shall I pursue[H7291] after[H310] this[H2088] troop?[H1416] shall I overtake[H5381] them? And he answered[H559] him, Pursue:[H7291] for[H3588] thou shalt surely overtake[H5381] [H5381] them, and without fail recover[H5337] [H5337] all.

9. So David[H1732] went,[H1980] he[H1931] and the six[H8337] hundred[H3967] men[H376] that[H834] were with[H854] him, and came[H935] to[H5704] the brook[H5158] Besor,[H1308] where those that were left behind[H3498] stayed.[H5975]

10. But David[H1732] pursued,[H7291] he[H1931] and four[H702] hundred[H3967] men:[H376] for two hundred[H3967] [H376] abode behind,[H5975] which[H834] were so faint[H6296] that they could not go over[H4480] [H5674] [H853] the brook[H5158] Besor.[H1308]

11. And they found[H4672] an Egyptian[H376] [H4713] in the field,[H7704] and brought[H3947] him to[H413] David,[H1732] and gave[H5414] him bread,[H3899] and he did eat;[H398] and they made him drink[H8248] water;[H4325]

12. And they gave[H5414] him a piece[H6400] of a cake of figs,[H1690] and two[H8147] clusters of raisins:[H6778] and when he had eaten,[H398] his spirit[H7307] came again[H7725] to[H413] him: for[H3588] he had eaten[H398] no[H3808] bread,[H3899] nor[H3808] drunk[H8354] any water,[H4325] three[H7969] days[H3117] and three[H7969] nights.[H3915]

13. And David[H1732] said[H559] unto him, To whom[H4310] belongest thou?[H859] and whence[H335] [H4480] [H2088] art thou?[H859] And he said,[H559] I[H595] am a young man[H5288] of Egypt,[H4713] servant[H5650] to an Amalekite;[H376] [H6003] and my master[H113] left[H5800] me, because[H3588] three[H7969] days[H3117] ago I fell sick.[H2470]

14. We[H587] made an invasion[H6584] upon the south[H5045] of the Cherethites,[H3774] and upon[H5921] the coast which[H834] belongeth to Judah,[H3063] and upon[H5921] the south[H5045] of Caleb;[H3612] and we burned[H8313] Ziklag[H6860] with fire.[H784]

15. And David[H1732] said[H559] to[H413] him, Canst thou bring me down[H3381] to[H413] this[H2088] company?[H1416] And he said,[H559] Swear[H7650] unto me by God,[H430] that thou wilt neither[H518] kill[H4191] me, nor[H518] deliver[H5462] me into the hands[H3027] of my master,[H113] and I will bring thee down[H3381] to[H413] this[H2088] company.[H1416]

16. And when he had brought him down,[H3381] behold,[H2009] they were spread abroad[H5203] upon[H5921] [H6440] all[H3605] the earth,[H776] eating[H398] and drinking,[H8354] and dancing,[H2287] because of all[H3605] the great[H1419] spoil[H7998] that[H834] they had taken[H3947] out of the land[H4480] [H776] of the Philistines,[H6430] and out of the land[H4480] [H776] of Judah.[H3063]

17. And David[H1732] smote[H5221] them from the twilight[H4480] [H5399] even unto[H5704] the evening[H6153] of the next day:[H4283] and there escaped[H4422] not[H3808] a man[H376] of them, save[H3588] [H518] four[H702] hundred[H3967] young[H5288] men,[H376] which[H834] rode[H7392] upon[H5921] camels,[H1581] and fled.[H5127]

18. And David[H1732] recovered[H5337] [H853] all[H3605] that[H834] the Amalekites[H6002] had carried away:[H3947] and David[H1732] rescued[H5337] his two[H8147] wives.[H802]

19. And there was nothing[H3808] lacking[H5737] to them, neither[H4480] small[H6996] nor[H5704] great,[H1419] neither[H5704] sons[H1121] nor daughters,[H1323] neither spoil,[H4480] [H7998] nor[H5704] any[H3605] thing that[H834] they had taken[H3947] to them: David[H1732] recovered[H7725] all.[H3605]

20. And David[H1732] took[H3947] [H853] all[H3605] the flocks[H6629] and the herds,[H1241] which they drove[H5090] before[H6440] those[H1931] other cattle,[H4735] and said,[H559] This[H2088] is David's[H1732] spoil.[H7998]

21. And David[H1732] came[H935] to[H413] the two hundred[H3967] men,[H376] which[H834] were so faint[H6296] that they could not follow[H1980] [H310] David,[H1732] whom they had made also 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[H834] were with[H854] him: and when David[H1732] came near[H5066] to[H853] the people,[H5971] he saluted[H7592] [H7965] them.

22. Then answered[H6030] all[H3605] the wicked[H7451] men[H376] and men of Belial,[H1100] of those[H4480] [H376] that[H834] went[H1980] with[H5973] David,[H1732] and said,[H559] Because[H3282] [H834] they went[H1980] not[H3808] with[H5973] us, we will not[H3808] give[H5414] them aught of the spoil[H4480] [H7998] that[H834] we have recovered,[H5337] save[H3588] [H518] to every man[H376] [H853] his wife[H802] and his children,[H1121] that they may lead them away,[H5090] and depart.[H1980]

23. Then said[H559] David,[H1732] Ye shall not[H3808] do[H6213] so,[H3651] my brethren,[H251] with[H854] that which[H834] the LORD[H3068] hath given[H5414] us, who hath preserved[H8104] us, and delivered[H5414] [H853] the company[H1416] that came[H935] against[H5921] us into our hand.[H3027]

24. For who[H4310] will hearken[H8085] unto you in this[H2088] matter?[H1697] but[H3588] as his part[H2506] is that goeth down[H3381] to the battle,[H4421] so shall his part[H2506] be that tarrieth[H3427] by[H5921] the stuff:[H3627] they shall part[H2505] alike.[H3162]

25. And it was[H1961] so from that day[H4480] [H3117] [H1931] forward,[H4605] that he made[H7760] it a statute[H2706] and an ordinance[H4941] for Israel[H3478] unto[H5704] this[H2088] day.[H3117]

26. And when David[H1732] came[H935] to[H413] Ziklag,[H6860] he sent[H7971] of the spoil[H4480] [H7998] unto the elders[H2205] of Judah,[H3063] even to his friends,[H7453] saying,[H559] Behold[H2009] a present[H1293] for you of the spoil[H4480] [H7998] of the enemies[H341] of the LORD;[H3068]

27. To them which[H834] were in Bethel,[H1008] and to them which[H834] were in south[H5045] Ramoth,[H7418] and to them which[H834] were in Jattir,[H3492]

28. And to them which[H834] were in Aroer,[H6177] and to them which[H834] were in Siphmoth,[H8224] and to them which[H834] were in Eshtemoa,[H851]

29. And to them which[H834] were in Rachal,[H7403] and to them which[H834] were in the cities[H5892] of the Jerahmeelites,[H3397] and to them which[H834] were in the cities[H5892] of the Kenites,[H7017]

30. And to them which[H834] were in Hormah,[H2767] and to them which[H834] were in Chor-ashan,[H3565] and to them which[H834] were in Athach,[H6269]

31. And to them which[H834] were in Hebron,[H2275] and to all[H3605] the places[H4725] where[H834] [H8033] David[H1732] himself[H1931] and his men[H376] were wont to haunt.[H1980]