1And when David and his men had arrived at Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made an attack on the south side against Ziklag. And they had struck Ziklag, and burned it with fire.stylus1 Samuel 15:7, 1 Samuel 29:11, 1 Samuel 15:7, 1 Samuel 29:11, Joshua 11:62And they had led the women in it away as captives, from the small to the great. And they had not killed anyone, but they led them away with them. And then they traveled on their journey.stylus1 Samuel 27:11, 1 Samuel 27:11, Psalms 76:10, 1 Samuel 30:19, Isaiah 27:83Therefore, when David and his men had arrived at the city, and had found it burned with fire, and that their wives and their sons and daughters had been led away as captives,stylusPsalms 34:19, Psalms 34:19, 1 Peter 1:6, 1 Peter 1:7, Hebrews 12:64David and the people who were with him lifted up their voices. And they mourned until the tears in them failed.stylus1 Samuel 11:4, 1 Samuel 11:4, Genesis 37:33, Genesis 37:35, Judges 2:45For indeed, the two wives of David also had been led away as captives: Ahinoam, the Jezreelite, and Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel.stylus1 Samuel 25:42, 1 Samuel 25:43, 2 Samuel 2:2, 1 Samuel 25:42, 1 Samuel 25:436And David was greatly saddened. And the people were willing to stone him, because the soul of every man was bitter over his sons and daughters. But David was strengthened by the Lord his God.stylusPsalms 56:3, Psalms 56:4, Psalms 56:3, Psalms 56:4, Psalms 56:117And he said to the priest Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, “Bring the ephod to me.” And Abiathar brought the ephod to David.stylus1 Kings 2:26, 1 Samuel 22:20, 1 Samuel 22:21, 1 Kings 2:26, 1 Samuel 22:208And David consulted the Lord, saying, “Shall I pursue these robbers, and will I overtake them, or not?” And the Lord said to him: “Pursue. For without doubt, you will overtake them and find the prey.”stylus1 Samuel 30:18, 1 Samuel 30:18, Proverbs 3:5, Proverbs 3:6, 1 Samuel 23:29Therefore, David went away, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and they arrived as far as the torrent Besor. And certain ones, being weary, stayed there.stylus1 Samuel 27:2, 1 Samuel 27:210But David pursued, he and four hundred men. For two hundred stayed, who, being weary, were not able to cross the torrent Besor.stylus1 Samuel 30:9, 1 Samuel 30:21, 1 Samuel 30:9, 1 Samuel 30:21, Judges 8:411And they found an Egyptian man in the field, and they led him to David. And they gave him bread, so that he might eat, and water, so that he might drink,stylusDeuteronomy 23:7, Deuteronomy 23:7, Deuteronomy 15:7, Deuteronomy 15:11, Matthew 25:3512and also a section of a mass of dried figs, and two clusters of dried grapes. And when he had eaten, his spirit returned, and he was refreshed. For he had not eaten bread, nor drank water, for three days and three nights.stylusJudges 15:19, Judges 15:19, 1 Samuel 14:27, 1 Samuel 14:27, Isaiah 40:2913And so David said to him: “To whom do you belong? Or where are you from? And where are you going?” And he said: “I am a young man of Egypt, the servant of an Amalekite man. But my lord abandoned me, because I began to be sick the day before yesterday.stylusJames 2:13, Proverbs 12:10, James 2:13, Proverbs 12:10, Job 31:1314For indeed, we broke forth to the southern side of Cherethi, and against Judah, and to the south of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag with fire.”stylus1 Kings 1:44, Ezekiel 25:16, 2 Samuel 8:18, 1 Kings 1:38, Zephaniah 2:515And David said to him, “Are you able to lead me to this battle line?” And he said, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me, and that you will not deliver me into the hands of my lord, and I will lead you to this battle line.” And David swore to him.stylusEzekiel 17:19, Ezekiel 17:16, Deuteronomy 23:15, Deuteronomy 23:16, Joshua 9:1916And when he had led him, behold, they were stretched out on the face of the land everywhere, eating and drinking and celebrating, as if it were a feast day, because of all the prey and spoils that they had taken from the land of the Philistines, and from the land of Judah.stylusRevelation 11:10, Revelation 11:13, Revelation 11:10, Revelation 11:13, Luke 12:1917And David struck them down from evening until the evening of the next day. And no one among them escaped, except four hundred youths, who had climbed on camels and fled.stylus1 Samuel 11:11, 1 Samuel 11:11, Psalms 18:42, Psalms 18:42, 1 Kings 20:2918Therefore, David rescued all that the Amalekites had taken, and he rescued his two wives.stylusGenesis 14:16, Genesis 14:1619And nothing was missing, from small even to great, among the sons and daughters, and among the spoils, and among everything whatsoever that they had seized. David returned it all.stylusPsalms 91:9, Psalms 91:10, 1 Samuel 30:8, Psalms 91:9, Psalms 91:1020And he took all the flocks and the herds, and he drove them before his face. And they said, “This is the prey of David.”stylus1 Samuel 30:26, 1 Samuel 30:26, Romans 8:37, Numbers 31:9, Numbers 31:1221Then David arrived at the two hundred men, who, being weary, had stayed, for they had not been able to follow David, and he had ordered them to remain at the torrent Besor. And they went out to meet David, and the people who were with him. Then David, drawing near to the people, greeted them peacefully.stylusHebrews 13:1, 1 Samuel 30:10, Judges 8:15, Hebrews 13:1, 1 Samuel 30:1022And all the wicked and iniquitous men, out of the men who had gone with David, responding, said: “Since they did not go with us, we will not give to them anything from the prey that we have rescued. But let his wife and children be enough for each of them; when they have accepted this, they may go back.”stylusDeuteronomy 13:13, Matthew 7:12, Deuteronomy 13:13, Matthew 7:12, 1 Kings 21:1023But David said: “You shall not do this, my brothers, with these things that the Lord has delivered to us, for he has preserved us, and he has given into our hands the robbers who broke out among us.stylusDeuteronomy 8:18, Psalms 44:2, Psalms 44:7, Deuteronomy 8:18, Psalms 44:224And so, let no one heed you over these words. But equal shall be the portion of him who descended to the battle, and of him who remained with the supplies, and they will divide it alike.”stylusJoshua 22:8, Joshua 22:8, Numbers 31:27, Numbers 31:27, Psalms 68:1225And this has been done from that day and thereafter. And it was established as a statute, and as if a law, in Israel even to this day.stylus1 Samuel 16:13, 1 Samuel 16:1326Then David went to Ziklag, and he sent gifts from the prey to the elders of Judah, his neighbors, saying, “Receive a blessing from the prey of the enemies of the Lord,”stylus1 Samuel 25:27, 1 Samuel 25:27, Psalms 68:18, 2 Kings 5:15, Proverbs 18:1627to those who were in Bethel, and who were in Ramoth toward the south, and who were in Jattir,stylusJoshua 15:48, Joshua 15:48, Joshua 19:8, Joshua 19:8, Joshua 21:1428and who were in Aroer, and who were in Siphmoth, and who were in Eshtemoa,stylusJoshua 15:50, Joshua 13:16, Joshua 15:50, Joshua 13:16, Joshua 21:1429and who were in Racal, and who were in the cities of Jerahmeel, and who were in the cities of Keni,stylusJudges 1:16, 1 Samuel 27:10, Judges 1:16, 1 Samuel 27:10, 1 Samuel 15:630and who were in Hormah, and who were at the lake of Ashan, and who were in Athach,stylusJudges 1:17, Judges 1:17, Joshua 19:4, Joshua 19:4, Numbers 14:4531and who were in Hebron, and to the remainder who were in those places where David had stayed, he and his men.stylus2 Samuel 2:1, 2 Samuel 2:1, 2 Samuel 2:4, 2 Samuel 15:10, 2 Samuel 4:1