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

2And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.

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

3So 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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Psalms 34:19, Psalms 34:19, 1 Peter 1:6, 1 Peter 1:7, Hebrews 12:6

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

5And David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

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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; for the people spake 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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Psalms 56:3, Psalms 56:4, Psalms 56:3, Psalms 56:4, Psalms 56:11

7And 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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1 Kings 2:26, 1 Samuel 22:20, 1 Samuel 22:21, 1 Kings 2:26, 1 Samuel 22:20

8And David enquired at the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after 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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1 Samuel 30:18, 1 Samuel 30:18, Proverbs 3:5, Proverbs 3:6, 1 Samuel 23:2

9So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.

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1 Samuel 27:2, 1 Samuel 27:2

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

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

11And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;

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

12And 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 drunk any water, three days and three nights.

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

13And David said unto 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 agone I fell sick.

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

14We 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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1 Kings 1:44, Ezekiel 25:16, 2 Samuel 8:18, 1 Kings 1:38, Zephaniah 2:5

15And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.

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

16And when he had brought 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 out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

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

17And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.

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

18And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.

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Genesis 14:16, Genesis 14:16

19And 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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Psalms 91:9, Psalms 91:10, 1 Samuel 30:8, Psalms 91:9, Psalms 91:10

20And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David’s spoil.

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

21And David came to the two hundred men, which 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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Hebrews 13:1, 1 Samuel 30:10, Judges 8:15, Hebrews 13:1, 1 Samuel 30:10

22Then 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 ought 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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Deuteronomy 13:13, Matthew 7:12, Deuteronomy 13:13, Matthew 7:12, 1 Kings 21:10

23Then 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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Deuteronomy 8:18, Psalms 44:2, Psalms 44:7, Deuteronomy 8:18, Psalms 44:2

24For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.

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

25And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.

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1 Samuel 16:13, 1 Samuel 16:13

26And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto 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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1 Samuel 25:27, 1 Samuel 25:27, Psalms 68:18, 2 Kings 5:15, Proverbs 18:16

27To them which were in Beth–el, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,

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

28And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa,

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

29And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites,

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

30And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chor–ashan, and to them which were in Athach,

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

31And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.

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