1On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.stylus1 Samuel 15:7, 1 Samuel 29:11, 1 Samuel 15:7, 1 Samuel 29:11, Joshua 11:62They 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.stylus1 Samuel 27:11, 1 Samuel 27:11, Psalms 76:10, 1 Samuel 30:19, Isaiah 27:83When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned down and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.stylusPsalms 34:19, Psalms 34:19, 1 Peter 1:6, 1 Peter 1:7, Hebrews 12:64So David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep.stylus1 Samuel 11:4, 1 Samuel 11:4, Genesis 37:33, Genesis 37:35, Judges 2:45David’s two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel, had been taken captive.stylus1 Samuel 25:42, 1 Samuel 25:43, 2 Samuel 2:2, 1 Samuel 25:42, 1 Samuel 25:436And 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.stylusPsalms 56:3, Psalms 56:4, Psalms 56:3, Psalms 56:4, Psalms 56:117Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought it to him,stylus1 Kings 2:26, 1 Samuel 22:20, 1 Samuel 22:21, 1 Kings 2:26, 1 Samuel 22:208and 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.”stylus1 Samuel 30:18, 1 Samuel 30:18, Proverbs 3:5, Proverbs 3:6, 1 Samuel 23:29So David and his six hundred men went to the Brook of Besor, where some stayed behindstylus1 Samuel 27:2, 1 Samuel 27:210because two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the brook. But David and four hundred men continued in pursuit.stylus1 Samuel 30:9, 1 Samuel 30:21, 1 Samuel 30:9, 1 Samuel 30:21, Judges 8:411Now his men found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David. They gave the man water to drink and food to eat—stylusDeuteronomy 23:7, Deuteronomy 23:7, Deuteronomy 15:7, Deuteronomy 15:11, Matthew 25:3512a 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.stylusJudges 15:19, Judges 15:19, 1 Samuel 14:27, 1 Samuel 14:27, Isaiah 40:2913Then 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.stylusJames 2:13, Proverbs 12:10, James 2:13, Proverbs 12:10, Job 31:1314We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we burned down Ziklag.”stylus1 Kings 1:44, Ezekiel 25:16, 2 Samuel 8:18, 1 Kings 1:38, Zephaniah 2:515“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.”stylusEzekiel 17:19, Ezekiel 17:16, Deuteronomy 23:15, Deuteronomy 23:16, Joshua 9:1916So 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.stylusRevelation 11:10, Revelation 11:13, Revelation 11:10, Revelation 11:13, Luke 12:1917And 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.stylus1 Samuel 11:11, 1 Samuel 11:11, Psalms 18:42, Psalms 18:42, 1 Kings 20:2918So David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.stylusGenesis 14:16, Genesis 14:1619Nothing was missing, young or old, son or daughter, or any of the plunder the Amalekites had taken. David brought everything back.stylusPsalms 91:9, Psalms 91:10, 1 Samuel 30:8, Psalms 91:9, Psalms 91:1020And he recovered all the flocks and herds, which his men drove ahead of the other livestock, calling out, “This is David’s plunder!”stylus1 Samuel 30:26, 1 Samuel 30:26, Romans 8:37, Numbers 31:9, Numbers 31:1221When 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,stylusHebrews 13:1, 1 Samuel 30:10, Judges 8:15, Hebrews 13:1, 1 Samuel 30:1022but 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.”stylusDeuteronomy 13:13, Matthew 7:12, Deuteronomy 13:13, Matthew 7:12, 1 Kings 21:1023But 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.stylusDeuteronomy 8:18, Psalms 44:2, Psalms 44:7, Deuteronomy 8:18, Psalms 44:224Who 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.”stylusJoshua 22:8, Joshua 22:8, Numbers 31:27, Numbers 31:27, Psalms 68:1225And so it has been from that day forward. David established this statute as an ordinance for Israel to this very day.stylus1 Samuel 16:13, 1 Samuel 16:1326When 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.”stylus1 Samuel 25:27, 1 Samuel 25:27, Psalms 68:18, 2 Kings 5:15, Proverbs 18:1627He sent gifts to those in Bethel, Ramoth Negev, and Jattir;stylusJoshua 15:48, Joshua 15:48, Joshua 19:8, Joshua 19:8, Joshua 21:1428to those in Aroer, Siphmoth, and Eshtemoa;stylusJoshua 15:50, Joshua 13:16, Joshua 15:50, Joshua 13:16, Joshua 21:1429to those in Racal and in the cities of the Jerahmeelites and Kenites;stylusJudges 1:16, 1 Samuel 27:10, Judges 1:16, 1 Samuel 27:10, 1 Samuel 15:630to those in Hormah, Bor-ashan, and Athach;stylusJudges 1:17, Judges 1:17, Joshua 19:4, Joshua 19:4, Numbers 14:4531and to those in Hebron and in all the places where David and his men had roamed.stylus2 Samuel 2:1, 2 Samuel 2:1, 2 Samuel 2:4, 2 Samuel 15:10, 2 Samuel 4:1