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1 Samuel 30 :: Webster's Bible (WEB)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:1 - And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:2 - And had taken the women captives that were in it, they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:3 - So David and his men came to the city, and behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:5 - And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:6 - And David was greatly distressed: for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons, and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:7 - And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:8 - And David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue; for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 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 remained.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:10 - But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, who were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:11 - And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they made him drink water;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 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 drank any water, three days and three nights.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:13 - And David said to 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:14 - We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:15 - And David said to him, Canst thou conduct me down to this company? And he said, Swear to me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will lead thee down to this company.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:16 - And when he had conducted him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken from the land of the Philistines, and from the land of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:17 - And David smote them from the twilight even to 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:18 - And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:19 - And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 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.

The Spoils Are Divided

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:21 - And David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:22 - Then answered all the wicked men, and men of Belial, 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 they may lead them away, and depart.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:23 - Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:24 - For who will hearken to you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the goods: they shall part alike.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:25 - And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:26 - And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil to the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you, of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:27 - To them who were in Beth-el, and to them who were in south Ramoth, and to them who were in Jattir,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:28 - And to them who were in Aroer, and to them who were in Siphmoth, and to them who were in Eshtemoa,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:29 - And to them who were in Rachal, and to them who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them who were in the cities of the Kenites,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:30 - And to them who were in Hormah, and to them who were in Chor-ashan, and to them who were in Athach,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:31 - And to them who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were accustomed to resort.
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