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I SAMUEL

I Samuel 30

1On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.

1 Samuel 15:7, 1 Samuel 29:11, 1 Samuel 15:7, 1 Samuel 29:11, Joshua 11:6

2They had taken captive the women and all who were there, both young and old. They had not killed anyone, but had carried them off as they went on their way.

1 Samuel 27:11, 1 Samuel 27:11, Psalms 76:10, 1 Samuel 30:19, Isaiah 27:8

3When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned down and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.

Psalms 34:19, Psalms 34:19, 1 Peter 1:6, 1 Peter 1:7, Hebrews 12:6

4So David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep.

1 Samuel 11:4, 1 Samuel 11:4, Genesis 37:33, Genesis 37:35, Judges 2:4

5David’s two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel, had been taken captive.

1 Samuel 25:42, 1 Samuel 25:43, 2 Samuel 2:2, 1 Samuel 25:42, 1 Samuel 25:43

6And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.

Psalms 56:3, Psalms 56:4, Psalms 56:3, Psalms 56:4, Psalms 56:11

7Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought it to him,

1 Kings 2:26, 1 Samuel 22:20, 1 Samuel 22:21, 1 Kings 2:26, 1 Samuel 22:20

8and David inquired of the LORD: “Should I pursue these raiders? Will I overtake them?” “Pursue them,” the LORD replied, “for you will surely overtake them and rescue the captives.”

1 Samuel 30:18, 1 Samuel 30:18, Proverbs 3:5, Proverbs 3:6, 1 Samuel 23:2

9So David and his six hundred men went to the Brook of Besor, where some stayed behind

1 Samuel 27:2, 1 Samuel 27:2

10because two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the brook. But David and four hundred men continued in pursuit.

1 Samuel 30:9, 1 Samuel 30:21, 1 Samuel 30:9, 1 Samuel 30:21, Judges 8:4

11Now his men found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David. They gave the man water to drink and food to eat—

Deuteronomy 23:7, Deuteronomy 23:7, Deuteronomy 15:7, Deuteronomy 15:11, Matthew 25:35

12a piece of a fig cake and two clusters of raisins. So he ate and was revived, for he had not had any food or water for three days and three nights.

Judges 15:19, Judges 15:19, 1 Samuel 14:27, 1 Samuel 14:27, Isaiah 40:29

13Then David asked him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” “I am an Egyptian,” he replied, “the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me three days ago when I fell ill.

James 2:13, Proverbs 12:10, James 2:13, Proverbs 12:10, Job 31:13

14We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we burned down Ziklag.”

1 Kings 1:44, Ezekiel 25:16, 2 Samuel 8:18, 1 Kings 1:38, Zephaniah 2:5

15“Will you lead me to these raiders?” David asked. And the man replied, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hand of my master, and I will lead you to them.”

Ezekiel 17:19, Ezekiel 17:16, Deuteronomy 23:15, Deuteronomy 23:16, Joshua 9:19

16So he led David down, and there were the Amalekites spread out over all the land, eating, drinking, and celebrating the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.

Revelation 11:10, Revelation 11:13, Revelation 11:10, Revelation 11:13, Luke 12:19

17And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.

1 Samuel 11:11, 1 Samuel 11:11, Psalms 18:42, Psalms 18:42, 1 Kings 20:29

18So David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.

Genesis 14:16, Genesis 14:16

19Nothing was missing, young or old, son or daughter, or any of the plunder the Amalekites had taken. David brought everything back.

Psalms 91:9, Psalms 91:10, 1 Samuel 30:8, Psalms 91:9, Psalms 91:10

20And he recovered all the flocks and herds, which his men drove ahead of the other livestock, calling out, “This is David’s plunder!”

1 Samuel 30:26, 1 Samuel 30:26, Romans 8:37, Numbers 31:9, Numbers 31:12

21When David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him from the Brook of Besor, they came out to meet him and the troops with him. As David approached the men, he greeted them,

Hebrews 13:1, 1 Samuel 30:10, Judges 8:15, Hebrews 13:1, 1 Samuel 30:10

22but all the wicked and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered, except for each man’s wife and children. They may take them and go.”

Deuteronomy 13:13, Matthew 7:12, Deuteronomy 13:13, Matthew 7:12, 1 Kings 21:10

23But David said, “My brothers, you must not do this with what the LORD has given us. He has protected us and delivered into our hands the raiders who came against us.

Deuteronomy 8:18, Psalms 44:2, Psalms 44:7, Deuteronomy 8:18, Psalms 44:2

24Who will listen to your proposal? The share of the one who went to battle will match the share of the one who stayed with the supplies. They will share alike.”

Joshua 22:8, Joshua 22:8, Numbers 31:27, Numbers 31:27, Psalms 68:12

25And so it has been from that day forward. David established this statute as an ordinance for Israel to this very day.

1 Samuel 16:13, 1 Samuel 16:13

26When David arrived in Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a gift for you from the plunder of the LORD’s enemies.”

1 Samuel 25:27, 1 Samuel 25:27, Psalms 68:18, 2 Kings 5:15, Proverbs 18:16

27He sent gifts to those in Bethel, Ramoth Negev, and Jattir;

Joshua 15:48, Joshua 15:48, Joshua 19:8, Joshua 19:8, Joshua 21:14

28to those in Aroer, Siphmoth, and Eshtemoa;

Joshua 15:50, Joshua 13:16, Joshua 15:50, Joshua 13:16, Joshua 21:14

29to those in Racal and in the cities of the Jerahmeelites and Kenites;

Judges 1:16, 1 Samuel 27:10, Judges 1:16, 1 Samuel 27:10, 1 Samuel 15:6

30to those in Hormah, Bor-ashan, and Athach;

Judges 1:17, Judges 1:17, Joshua 19:4, Joshua 19:4, Numbers 14:45

31and to those in Hebron and in all the places where David and his men had roamed.

2 Samuel 2:1, 2 Samuel 2:1, 2 Samuel 2:4, 2 Samuel 15:10, 2 Samuel 4:1

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