1 Samuel 30:1-10

David’s Wives Are Captured

1Now when David and his men came to aZiklag on the third day, bthe Amalekites had cmade a raid against the Negeb and against Ziklag. They had overcome Ziklag and burned it with fire 2and taken captive the women and all
Septuagint; Hebrew lacks  and all
who were in it, both small and great. They killed no one, but carried them off and went their way.
3And when David and his men came to the city, they found it burned with fire, and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive. 4Then David and the people who were with him raised their voices and wept until they had no more strength to weep. 5David’s etwo wives also had been taken captive, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel. 6And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke fof stoning him, because all the people were bitter in soul,
Compare 22:2
each for his sons and daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.

7 hAnd David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought the ephod to David. 8 iAnd David inquired of the Lord, “Shall I pursue after this jband? Shall I overtake them?” He answered him, “Pursue, for you shall surely overtake kand shall surely rescue.” 9So David set out, and lthe six hundred men who were with him, and they came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed. 10But David pursued, he and four hundred men. mTwo hundred stayed behind, who were too exhausted to cross the brook Besor.

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