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 30:1 ¶ 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,

 30:1 ¶ And it came to pass,º when Davidº and his menºº were comeºº to Ziklagº on the thirdº day,º that the Amalekitesº had invadedººº the south,º and Ziklag,º and smittenººº Ziklag,º and burnedºº it with fire;º

 30:2 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.

 30:2 And had taken the womenº captives,ºººº thatº [were] therein: they slewºº notº any,º eitherº greatº or small,ºº but carried [them] away,ºº and wentººº on their way.º

 30:3 ¶ 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.

 30:3 ¶ So Davidº and his menºº cameºº toº the city,º and, behold,º [it was] burnedºº with fire;º and their wives,º and their sons,º and their daughters,º were taken captives.ºº

 30:4 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

 30:4 Then Davidº and the peopleº thatº [were] withº him lifted upººº their voiceº and wept,ºº untilºº they had no moreº powerº to weep.ºº

 30:5 And David's two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

 30:5 And David'sº twoº wivesº were taken captives,ºº Ahinoamº the Jezreelitess,º and Abigailº the wifeº of Nabalº the Carmelite.º

 30:6 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.

 30:6 And Davidº was greatlyº distressed;ºº forº the peopleº spakeºº of stoningºº him, becauseº the soulº of allº the peopleº was grieved,ºº every manº forº his sonsº and forº his daughters:º but Davidº encouragedºº himselfº in the LORDº his God.º

 30:7 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.

 30:7 And Davidº saidºº toº Abiatharº the priest,º Ahimelech'sº son,º I pray thee,º bring me hitherºº the ephod.º And Abiatharº broughtºº thitherº the ephodº toº David.º

 30:8 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].

 30:8 And Davidº enquiredºº at the LORD,º saying,ºº Shall I pursueºº afterº thisº troop?º shall I overtakeºº them? And he answeredºº him, Pursue:ºº forº thou shalt surelyºº overtakeºº [them], and without failºº recoverºº [all].

 30:9 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.

 30:9 So Davidº went,ººº heº and the sixº hundredº menº thatº [were] withº him, and cameºº toº the brookº Besor,º where those that were left behindºº stayed.ºº

 30:10 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.

 30:10 But Davidº pursued,ºº heº and fourº hundredº men:º for two hundredºº abode behind,ºº whichº were so faintºº that they could not go overºººº the brookº Besor.º

 30:11 ¶ 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.

 30:11 ¶ And they foundºº an Egyptianºº in the field,º and broughtºº him toº David,º and gaveºº him bread,º and he did eat;ºº and they made him drinkºº water;º

 30:12 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.

 30:12 And they gaveºº him a pieceº of a cakeº of figs,º and twoº clusters of raisins:º and when he had eaten,ºº his spiritº came againºº toº him: forº he had eatenºº noº bread,º norº drunkºº [any] water,º threeº daysº and threeº nights.º

 30:13 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.

 30:13 And Davidº saidºº unto him, To whomº [belongest] thou?º and whenceººº [art] thou?º And he said,ºº Iº [am] a young manº of Egypt,º servantº to an Amalekite;ºº and my masterº leftºº me, becauseº threeº daysº agone I fell sick.ºº

 30:14 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.

 30:14 Weº made an invasionºº [upon] the southº of the Cherethites,º and uponº [the coast] whichº [belongeth] to Judah,º and uponº the southº of Caleb;º and we burnedºº Ziklagº with fire.º

 30:15 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.

 30:15 And Davidº saidºº toº him, Canst thou bring me downºº toº thisº company?º And he said,ºº Swearºº unto me by God,º that thou wilt neitherº killºº me, norº deliverºº me into the handsº of my master,º and I will bring thee downºº toº thisº company.º

 30:16 ¶ 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.

 30:16 ¶ And when he had brought him down,ºº behold,º [they were] spread abroadºº uponºº allºº the earth,º eatingºº and drinking,ºº and dancing,ºº because of allº the greatº spoilº thatº they had takenºº out of the landºº of the Philistines,º and out of the landºº of Judah.º

 30:17 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.

 30:17 And Davidº smoteºº them from the twilightºº even untoº the eveningº of the next day:º and there escapedºº notº a manº of them, saveºº fourº hundredº youngº men,º whichº rodeºº uponº camels,º and fled.ºº

 30:18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.

 30:18 And Davidº recoveredººº allº thatº the Amalekitesº had carried away:ºº and Davidº rescuedºº his twoº wives.º

 30:19 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.

 30:19 And there was nothingº lackingºº to them, neitherº smallº norº great,º neitherº sonsº nor daughters,º neither spoil,ºº norº anyº [thing] thatº they had takenºº to them: Davidº recoveredºº all.º

 30:20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, [which] they drove before those [other] cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.

 30:20 And Davidº tookººº allº the flocksº and the herds,º [which] they draveºº beforeº thoseº [other] cattle,º and said,ºº Thisº [is] David'sº spoil.º

 30:21 ¶ 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.

 30:21 ¶ And Davidº cameºº toº the two hundredº men,ºº whichº were so faintºº that they could not followºººº David,º whom they had made also to abideºº at the brookº Besor:º and they went forthºº to meetºº David,º and to meetºº the peopleº thatº [were] withº him: and when Davidº came nearºº toº the people,º he salutedººº them.

 30:22 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.

 30:22 Then answeredºº allº the wickedº menº and [men] of Belial,º of thoseººº thatº wentºº withº David,º and said,ºº Becauseºº they wentºº notº withº us, we will notº giveºº them [ought] of the spoilºº thatº we have recovered,ºº saveºº to every manºº his wifeº and his children,º that they may lead [them] away,ºº and depart.ººº

 30:23 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.

 30:23 Then saidºº David,º Ye shall notº doº so,ººº my brethren,º withº that whichº the LORDº hath givenºº us, who hath preservedºº us, and deliveredººº the companyº that cameºº againstº us into our hand.º

 30:24 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.

 30:24 For whoº will hearkenºº unto you in thisº matter?º butº as his partº [is] that goeth downºººº to the battle,º so [shall] his partº [be] that tarriethºº byº the stuff:º they shall partºº alike.º

 30:25 And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.

 30:25 And it wasº [so] from that dayººº forward,º that he madeºº it a statuteº and an ordinanceº for Israelº untoº thisº day.º

 30:26 ¶ 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:

 30:26 ¶ And when Davidº cameºº toº Ziklag,º he sentºº of the spoilºº unto the eldersº of Judah,º [even] to his friends,º saying,ºº Beholdº a presentº for you of the spoilºº of the enemiesºº of the LORD;º

 30:27 To them that were in Beth-el, and to them that were in Ramoth of the South, and to them that were in Jattir,

 30:27 To [them]º whichº [were] in Bethel,º and to [them] whichº [were] in southº Ramoth,º and to [them] whichº [were] in Jattir,º

 30:28 and to them that were in Aroer, and to them that were in Siphmoth, and to them that were in Eshtemoa,

 30:28 And to [them] whichº [were] in Aroer,º and to [them] whichº [were] in Siphmoth,º and to [them] whichº [were] in Eshtemoa,º

 30:29 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,

 30:29 And to [them] whichº [were] in Rachal,º and to [them] whichº [were] in the citiesº of the Jerahmeelites,º and to [them] whichº [were] in the citiesº of the Kenites,º

 30:30 and to them that were in Hormah, and to them that were in Bor-ashan, and to them that were in Athach,

 30:30 And to [them] whichº [were] in Hormah,º and to [them] whichº [were] in Chorashan,º and to [them] whichº [were] in Athach,º

 30:31 and to them that were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.

 30:31 And to [them] whichº [were] in Hebron,º and to allº the placesº whereºº Davidº himselfº and his menºº were wont to haunt.ºº