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David’s Victory over the Amalekites

Then it happened when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid on the Negev and on Ziklag, and had overthrown Ziklag and burned it with fire;

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The Amalekites Raid Ziklag

And it came to pass, when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid upon the south, and upon Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag and burned it with fire;

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and they took captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great, without killing anyone, and carried them off and went their way.

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and had taken the women captives that were in it; both great and small: they had put none to death, but had carried them off, and went on their way.

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When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire, and their wives and their sons and their daughters had been taken captive.

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And David and his men came to the city, and behold, it was burnt with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters were taken captives.

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Then David and the people who were with him lifted their voices and wept until there was no strength in them to weep.

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Then 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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Now David’s two wives had been taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite.

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And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jizreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

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Moreover David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, for all the people were embittered, each one because of his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in the LORD his God.

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And David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him; for the soul of all the people was embittered, every man because of his sons and because of his daughters; but David strengthened himself in Jehovah his God.

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Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Please bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought the ephod to David.

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David Destroys the Amalekites

And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, Bring near to me, I pray thee, the ephod. And Abiathar brought the ephod near to David.

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David inquired of the LORD, saying, “Shall I pursue this band? Shall I overtake them?” And He said to him, “Pursue, for you will surely overtake them, and you will surely rescue all.”

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And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he said to him, Pursue; for thou shalt assuredly overtake [them] and shalt certainly recover.

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

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So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and they came to the torrent Besor; and those that were left stayed behind.

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But David pursued, he and four hundred men, for two hundred who were too exhausted to cross the brook Besor remained behind.

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And David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were too exhausted to go over the torrent Besor.

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Now they found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David, and gave him bread and he ate, and they provided him water to drink.

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

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They gave him a piece of fig cake and two clusters of raisins, and he ate; then his spirit revived. For he had not eaten bread or drunk water for three days and three nights.

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and gave him a piece of fig-cake and two raisin-cakes, and he ate, and his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, for three days and three nights.

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David said to him, “To whom do you belong? And where are you from?” And he said, “I am a young man of Egypt, a servant of an Amalekite; and my master left me behind when I fell sick three days ago.

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And David said to him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant of an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick.

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“We made a raid on the Negev of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the Negev of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag with fire.”

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We made a raid against the south of the Cherethites, and against what [belongs] to Judah, and against the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.

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Then David said to him, “Will you bring 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 bring you down to this band.”

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And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this troop? And he said, Swear to me by God, that thou wilt neither put me to death nor deliver me up into the hand of my master, and I will bring thee down to this troop.

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When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread over all the land, eating and drinking and dancing because of all the great spoil that they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.

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And he brought him down, and behold, they were spread over the whole land, 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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David slaughtered them from the twilight until the evening of the next day; and not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode on camels and fled.

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

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So David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and rescued his two wives.

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And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken: and David recovered his two wives.

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But nothing of theirs was missing, whether small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything that they had taken for themselves; David brought it all back.

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And there was nothing missed by them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil nor anything that they had taken: David brought all back.

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So David had captured all the sheep and the cattle which the people drove ahead of the other livestock, and they said, “This is David’s spoil.”

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And David took all the flocks and the herds, [which] they drove before the other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.

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The Spoils Are Divided

When David came to the two hundred men who were too exhausted to follow David, who had also been left at the brook Besor, and they went out to meet David and to meet the people who were with him, then David approached the people and greeted them.

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The Spoils are Divided

And David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow David, and whom they had left behind at the torrent Besor; and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him; and David drew near to the people and saluted them.

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Then all the wicked and worthless men among those who went with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not give them any of the spoil that we have recovered, except to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away and depart.”

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And all the wicked men, and [men] of Belial, of those that had gone with David, answered and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them [aught] 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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Then David said, “You must not do so, my brothers, with what the LORD has given us, who has kept us and delivered into our hand the band that came against us.

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Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which Jehovah has given us, who has preserved us, and given the troop that came against us into our hand.

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“And who will listen to you in this matter? For as his share is who goes down to the battle, so shall his share be who stays by the baggage; they shall share alike.”

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And who will hearken to you in this matter? For as his share is that goes down to the battle, so shall his share be that abides by the baggage: they shall share alike.

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So it has been from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.

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And it was [so] from that day forward; and he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.

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Now when David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the spoil to the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying, “Behold, a gift for you from the spoil of the enemies of the LORD:

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And David came to Ziklag, and he sent of the spoil to the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of Jehovah:

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to those who were in Bethel, and to those who were in Ramoth of the Negev, and to those who were in Jattir,

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to those in Bethel, and to those in south Ramoth, and to those in Jattir,

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and to those who were in Aroer, and to those who were in Siphmoth, and to those who were in Eshtemoa,

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and to those in Aroer, and to those in Siphmoth, and to those in Eshtemoa,

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and to those who were in Racal, and to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those who were in the cities of the Kenites,

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and to those in Rachal, and to those in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those in the cities of the Kenites,

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and to those who were in Hormah, and to those who were in Bor-ashan, and to those who were in Athach,

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and to those in Hormah, and to those in Chor-ashan, and to those in Athach,

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and to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were accustomed to go.”

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and to those in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men went about.

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