30:1 Now
when
David
and
his
men
came
to
Ziklag
on
the
third
day,
the
Amalekites
had
made
a
raid
against
the
Negeb
and
against
Ziklag.
They
had
overcome
Ziklag
and
burned
it
with
fire
30:2 and
taken
captive
the
women
and
all
who
were
in
it,
both
small
and
great.
They
killed
no
one,
but
carried
them
off
and
went
their
way.
30:3 And
when
David
and
his
men
came
to
the
city,
they
found
it
burned
with
fire,
and
their
wives
and
sons
and
daughters
taken
captive.
30:4 Then
David
and
the
people
who
were
with
him
raised
their
voices
and
wept
until
they
had
no
more
strength
to
weep.
30:5 David's
two
wives
also
had
been
taken
captive,
Ahinoam
of
Jezreel
and
Abigail
the
widow
of
Nabal
of
Carmel.
30:6 And
David
was
greatly
distressed,
for
the
people
spoke
of
stoning
him,
because
all
the
people
were
bitter
in
soul,
each
for
his
sons
and
daughters.
But
David
strengthened
himself
in
the
LORD
his
God.
30:7 And
David
said
to
Abiathar
the
priest,
the
son
of
Ahimelech,
"Bring
me
the
ephod."
So
Abiathar
brought
the
ephod
to
David.
30:8 And
David
inquired
of
the
LORD,
"Shall
I
pursue
after
this
band
Shall
I
overtake
them"
He
answered
him,
"Pursue,
for
you
shall
surely
overtake
and
shall
surely
rescue."
30:9 So
David
set
out,
and
the
six
hundred
men
who
were
with
him,
and
they
came
to
the
brook
Besor,
where
those
who
were
left
behind
stayed.
30:10 But
David
pursued,
he
and
four
hundred
men.
Two
hundred
stayed
behind,
who
were
too
exhausted
to
cross
the
brook
Besor.
30:11 They
found
an
Egyptian
in
the
open
country
and
brought
him
to
David.
And
they
gave
him
bread
and
he
ate.
They
gave
him
water
to
drink,
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
revived,
for
he
had
not
eaten
bread
or
drunk
water
for
three
days
and
three
nights.
30:13 And
David
said
to
him,
"To
whom
do
you
belong
And
where
are
you
from"
He
said,
"I
am
a
young
man
of
Egypt,
servant
to
an
Amalekite,
and
my
master
left
me
behind
because
I
fell
sick
three
days
ago.
30:14 We
had
made
a
raid
against
the
Negeb
of
the
Cherethites
and
against
that
which
belongs
to
Judah
and
against
the
Negeb
of
Caleb,
and
we
burned
Ziklag
with
fire."
30:15 And
David
said
to
him,
"Will
you
take
me
down
to
this
band"
And
he
said,
"Swear
to
me
by
God
that
you
will
not
kill
me
or
deliver
me
into
the
hands
of
my
master,
and
I
will
take
you
down
to
this
band."
30:16 And
when
he
had
taken
him
down,
behold,
they
were
spread
abroad
over
all
the
land,
eating
and
drinking
and
dancing,
because
of
all
the
great
spoil
they
had
taken
from
the
land
of
the
Philistines
and
from
the
land
of
Judah.
30:17 And
David
struck
them
down
from
twilight
until
the
evening
of
the
next
day,
and
not
a
man
of
them
escaped,
except
four
hundred
young
men,
who
mounted
camels
and
fled.
30:18 David
recovered
all
that
the
Amalekites
had
taken,
and
David
rescued
his
two
wives.
30:19 Nothing
was
missing,
whether
small
or
great,
sons
or
daughters,
spoil
or
anything
that
had
been
taken.
David
brought
back
all.
30:20 David
also
captured
all
the
flocks
and
herds,
and
the
people
drove
the
livestock
before
him,
and
said,
"This
is
David's
spoil."
30:21 Then
David
came
to
the
two
hundred
men
who
had
been
too
exhausted
to
follow
David,
and
who
had
been
left
at
the
brook
Besor.
And
they
went
out
to
meet
David
and
to
meet
the
people
who
were
with
him.
And
when
David
came
near
to
the
people
he
greeted
them.
30:22 Then
all
the
wicked
and
worthless
fellows
among
the
men
who
had
gone
with
David
said,
"Because
they
did
not
go
with
us,
we
will
not
give
them
any
of
the
spoil
that
we
have
recovered,
except
that
each
man
may
lead
away
his
wife
and
children,
and
depart."
30:23 But
David
said,
"You
shall
not
do
so,
my
brothers,
with
what
the
LORD
has
given
us.
He
has
preserved
us
and
given
into
our
hand
the
band
that
came
against
us.
30:24 Who
would
listen
to
you
in
this
matter
For
as
his
share
is
who
goes
down
into
the
battle,
so
shall
his
share
be
who
stays
by
the
baggage.
They
shall
share
alike."
30:25 And
he
made
it
a
statute
and
a
rule
for
Israel
from
that
day
forward
to
this
day.
30:26 When
David
came
to
Ziklag,
he
sent
part
of
the
spoil
to
his
friends,
the
elders
of
Judah,
saying,
"Here
is
a
present
for
you
from
the
spoil
of
the
enemies
of
the
LORD."
30:27 It
was
for
those
in
Bethel,
in
Ramoth
of
the
Negeb,
in
Jattir,
30:28 in
Aroer,
in
Siphmoth,
in
Eshtemoa,
30:29 in
Racal,
in
the
cities
of
the
Jerahmeelites,
in
the
cities
of
the
Kenites,
30:30 in
Hormah,
in
Bor-ashan,
in
Athach,
30:31 in
Hebron,
for
all
the
places
where
David
and
his
men
had
roamed.