1Sa 30:1And it came to pass when David and his men had entered Sekelac on the third day, that Amalec had made an incursion upon the south, and upon Sekelac, and smitten Sekelac, and burnt it with fire.
1Sa 30:2And as to the women and all things that were in it, great and small, they slew neither man nor woman, but carried them captives, and went on their way.
1Sa 30:3And David and his men came into the city, and, behold, it was burnt with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were carried captive.
1Sa 30:6And David was greatly distressed, because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, each for his sons and his daughters: but David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.
1Sa 30:8And David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this [fn]troop? shall I overtake them? and he said to him, Pursue, for thou shalt surely overtake them, and thou shalt surely rescue the captives.
1Sa 30:11And they find an Egyptian in the field, and they take him, and bring him to David; and they [fn]gave him bread and he ate, and they caused him to drink water.
1Sa 30:12And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and he ate, and his spirit was [fn]restored in him; for he had not eaten bread, and had not drunk water three days and three nights.
1Sa 30:13And David said to him, Whose art thou? and whence art thou? and the young man the Egyptian said, I am the servant of an Amalekite; and my master left me, because I was taken ill three days ago.
1Sa 30:14And we made an incursion on the south of the Chelethite, and on the parts of Judea, and on the south of Chelub, and we burnt Sekelac with fire.
1Sa 30:15And David said to him, Wilt thou bring me down to this troop? and he said, Swear now to me by God, that thou wilt not kill me, and that thou wilt not deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down upon this troop.
1Sa 30:16So he brought him down thither, and behold, they were scattered abroad upon the surface of the whole land, eating and drinking, and feasting by reason of all the great spoils which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Juda.
1Sa 30:17And David came upon them, and smote them from the morning till the evening, and on the next day; and not one of them escaped, except four hundred young men, who were mounted on camels, and fled.
1Sa 30:19And [fn]nothing was wanting to them of great or small, either of the spoils, or the sons and daughters, or anything that they had taken of theirs; and David recovered all.
1Sa 30:20And he took all the flocks, and the herds, and led them away before the spoils: and it was said of these spoils, These are the spoils of David.
1Sa 30:21And David comes to the two hundred men who were left behind that they should not follow after David, and he had caused them to remain [fn]by the brook of Bosor; and they came forth to meet David, and to meet his people with him: and David drew near to the people, and they asked him how he did.
1Sa 30:22Then every ill-disposed and bad man of the soldiers who had gone with David, answered and said, Because they did not pursue together with us, we will not give them of the spoils which we have recovered, only let each one lead away with him his wife and his children, and let them return.
1Sa 30:23And David said, Ye shall not do so, after the Lord has delivered the enemy to us, and guarded us, and the Lord has delivered into our hands the troop that came against us.
1Sa 30:24And who will hearken to these your words? for they are not [fn]inferior to us; for according to the portion of him that went down to the battle, so shall be the portion of him that abides with the baggage; they shall share alike.
1Sa 30:26And David came to Sekelac, and sent of the spoils to the elders of Juda, and to his friends, saying, [fn]Behold some of the spoils of the enemies of the Lord;
