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1 # And it came to pass, when David <01732> and his men <0582> were come <0935> (8800) to Ziklag <06860> on the third <07992> day <03117>, that the Amalekites <06003> had invaded <06584> (8804) the south <05045>, and Ziklag <06860> , and smitten <05221> (8686) Ziklag <06860>, and burned <08313> (8799) it with fire <0784>;
2 And had taken the women <0802> captives <07617> (8799), that were therein: they slew <04191> (8689) not any <0376>, either great <01419> or small <06996>, but carried them away <05090> (8799), and went <03212> (8799) on their way <01870>.
3 So David <01732> and his men <0582> came <0935> (8799) to the city <05892>, and, behold, it was burned <08313> (8803) with fire <0784>; and their wives <0802>, and their sons <01121>, and their daughters <01323>, were taken captives <07617> (8738).
4 Then David <01732> and the people <05971> that were with him lifted up <05375> (8799) their voice <06963> and wept <01058> (8799), until they had no more power <03581> to weep <01058> (8800).
5 And David's <01732> two <08147> wives <0802> were taken captives <07617> (8738), Ahinoam <0293> the Jezreelitess <03159>, and Abigail <026> the wife <0802> of Nabal <05037> the Carmelite <03761>.
6 And David <01732> was greatly <03966> distressed <03334> (8799); for the people <05971> spake <0559> (8804) of stoning <05619> (8800) him, because the soul <05315> of all the people <05971> was grieved <04843> (8804) , every man <0376> for his sons <01121> and for his daughters <01323>: but David <01732> encouraged <02388> (8691) himself in the LORD <03068> his God <0430>.
7 # And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) to Abiathar <054> the priest <03548>, Ahimelech's <0288> son <01121>, I pray thee, bring me hither <05066> (8685) the ephod <0646>. And Abiathar <054> brought <05066> (8686) thither the ephod <0646> to David <01732>.
8 And David <01732> enquired <07592> (8799) at the LORD <03068>, saying <0559> (8800), Shall I pursue <07291> (8799) after <0310> this troop <01416>? shall I overtake <05381> (8686) them? And he answered <0559> (8799) him, Pursue <07291> (8798): for thou shalt surely <05381> (8687) overtake <05381> (8686) them, and without fail <05337> (8687) recover <05337> (8686) all.
9 So David <01732> went <03212> (8799), he and the six <08337> hundred <03967> men <0376> that were with him, and came <0935> (8799) to the brook <05158> Besor <01308>, where those that were left behind <03498> (8737) stayed <05975> (8804).
10 But David <01732> pursued <07291> (8799), he and four <0702> hundred <03967> men <0376>: for two hundred <03967> abode behind <05975> (8799), which were so faint <06296> (8765) that they could not go over <05674> (8800) the brook <05158> Besor <01308>.
11 And they found <04672> (8799) an Egyptian <0376> <04713> in the field <07704>, and brought <03947> (8799) him to David <01732>, and gave <05414> (8799) him bread <03899>, and he did eat <0398> (8799); and they made him drink <08248> (8686) water <04325>;
12 And they gave <05414> (8799) him a piece <06400> of a cake <01690> of figs, and two <08147> clusters of raisins <06778>: and when he had eaten <0398> (8799), his spirit <07307> came again <07725> (8799) to him: for he had eaten <0398> (8804) no bread <03899>, nor drunk <08354> (8804) any water <04325>, three <07969> days <03117> and three <07969> nights <03915>.
13 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said <0559> (8799), I am a young man <05288> of Egypt <04713>, servant <05650> to an Amalekite <0376> <06003>; and my master <0113> left <05800> (8799) me, because three <07969> days <03117> agone I fell sick <02470> (8804).
14 We made an invasion <06584> (8804) upon the south <05045> of the Cherethites <03774>, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah <03063>, and upon the south <05045> of Caleb <03612>; and we burned <08313> (8804) Ziklag <06860> with fire <0784>.
15 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) to him, Canst thou bring me down <03381> (8686) to this company <01416> ? And he said <0559> (8799), Swear <07650> (8734) unto me by God <0430>, that thou wilt neither kill <04191> (8686) me, nor <0518> deliver <05462> (8686) me into the hands <03027> of my master <0113>, and I will bring thee down <03381> (8686) to this company <01416>.
16 And when he had brought him down <03381> (8686), behold, they were spread abroad <05203> (8803) upon all <06440> the earth <0776>, eating <0398> (8802) and drinking <08354> (8802), and dancing <02287> (8802), because of all the great <01419> spoil <07998> that they had taken <03947> (8804) out of the land <0776> of the Philistines <06430> , and out of the land <0776> of Judah <03063>.
17 And David <01732> smote <05221> (8686) them from the twilight <05399> even unto the evening <06153> of the next day <04283>: and there escaped <04422> (8738) not a man <0376> of them, save four <0702> hundred <03967> young <05288> men <0376>, which rode <07392> (8804) upon camels <01581>, and fled <05127> (8799).
18 And David <01732> recovered <05337> (8686) all that the Amalekites <06002> had carried away <03947> (8804) : and David <01732> rescued <05337> (8689) his two <08147> wives <0802>.
19 And there was nothing lacking <05737> (8738) to them, neither <04480> small <06996> nor great <01419>, neither sons <01121> nor daughters <01323>, neither spoil <07998>, nor any thing that they had taken <03947> (8804) to them: David <01732> recovered <07725> (8689) all.
20 And David <01732> took <03947> (8799) all the flocks <06629> and the herds <01241>, which they drave <05090> (8804) before <06440> those <01931> other cattle <04735>, and said <0559> (8799), This is David's <01732> spoil <07998>.
21 # And David <01732> came <0935> (8799) to the two hundred <03967> men <0582>, which were so faint <06296> (8765) that they could not follow <03212> (8800) <0310> David <01732>, whom they had made also to abide <03427> (8686) at the brook <05158> Besor <01308>: and they went forth <03318> (8799) to meet <07125> (8800) David <01732> , and to meet <07125> (8800) the people <05971> that were with him: and when David <01732> came near <05066> (8799) to the people <05971>, he saluted <07592> (8799) <07965> them.
22 Then answered <06030> (8799) all the wicked <07451> men <0376> and men of Belial <01100>, of those <0582> that went <01980> (8804) with David <01732>, and said <0559> (8799), Because they went <01980> (8804) not with us, we will not give <05414> (8799) them ought of the spoil <07998> that we have recovered <05337> (8689), save to every man <0376> his wife <0802> and his children <01121>, that they may lead them away <05090> (8799), and depart <03212> (8799).
23 Then said <0559> (8799) David <01732>, Ye shall not do so <06213> (8799), my brethren <0251>, with that which the LORD <03068> hath given <05414> (8804) us, who hath preserved <08104> (8799) us, and delivered <05414> (8799) the company <01416> that came <0935> (8802) against us into our hand <03027>.
24 For who will hearken <08085> (8799) unto you in this matter <01697>? but as his part <02506> is that goeth down <03381> (8802) (8675) <03381> (8717) to the battle <04421>, so shall his part <02506> be that tarrieth <03427> (8802) by the stuff <03627>: they shall part <02505> (8799) alike <03162>.
25 And it was so from that day <03117> forward <04605>, that he made <07760> (8799) it a statute <02706> and an ordinance <04941> for Israel <03478> unto this day <03117>.
26 And when David <01732> came <0935> (8799) to Ziklag <06860>, he sent <07971> (8762) of the spoil <07998> unto the elders <02205> of Judah <03063>, even to his friends <07453>, saying <0559> (8800), Behold a present <01293> for you of the spoil <07998> of the enemies <0341> (8802) of the LORD <03068>;
27 To them <0834> which were in Bethel <01008>, and to them which were in south <05045> Ramoth <07418> , and to them which were in Jattir <03492>,
28 And to them which were in Aroer <06177>, and to them which were in Siphmoth <08224>, and to them which were in Eshtemoa <0851>,
29 And to them which were in Rachal <07403>, and to them which were in the cities <05892> of the Jerahmeelites <03397>, and to them which were in the cities <05892> of the Kenites <07017>,
30 And to them which were in Hormah <02767>, and to them which were in Chorashan <03565>, and to them which were in Athach <06269>,
31 And to them which were in Hebron <02275>, and to all the places <04725> where David <01732> himself and his men <0582> were wont to haunt <01980> (8694).