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1 Samuel 30:1 (GW)
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Two days later, when David and his men came to Ziklag, the Amalekites had raided the Negev, including Ziklag. They had attacked Ziklag and burned it.

1 Samuel 30:2 (GW)
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Although they captured the young and old women who were there, they killed no one. Instead, they had taken the women and other prisoners and gone away.

1 Samuel 30:3 (GW)
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By the time David and his men came to the town, it had been burned down, and their wives, sons, and daughters had been taken captive.

1 Samuel 30:4 (GW)
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Then David and his men cried loudly until they didn’t have the strength to cry anymore.

1 Samuel 30:5 (GW)
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The Amalekites also captured David’s two wives, Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail (who had been Nabal’s wife) from Carmel.

1 Samuel 30:6 (GW)
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David was in great distress because the people in their bitterness said he should be stoned. (They were thinking of their sons and daughters. But David found strength in the Lord his God.)

1 Samuel 30:7 (GW)
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David told the priest Abiathar, Ahimelech’s son, “Please bring me the priestly ephod.” So Abiathar brought David the ephod.

1 Samuel 30:8 (GW)
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Then David asked the Lord, “Should I pursue these troops? Will I catch up with them?” “Pursue them,” the Lord told him. “You will certainly catch up with them and rescue the captives.”

1 Samuel 30:9 (GW)
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So David and his 600 men went to the Besor Valley, where some were left behind.

1 Samuel 30:10 (GW)
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David and 400 men went in pursuit, while 200 men who were too exhausted to cross the Besor Valley stayed behind.

1 Samuel 30:11 (GW)
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David’s men found an Egyptian in the open country and took him to David. They gave him food to eat and water to drink.

1 Samuel 30:12 (GW)
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They gave him a slice of fig cake and two bunches of raisins. After he had eaten, he revived. (He hadn’t eaten any food or drunk any water for three whole days.)

1 Samuel 30:13 (GW)
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David asked him, “To whom do you belong? Where do you come from?” “I’m an Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite,” the young man answered. “My master left me behind because I got sick three days ago.

1 Samuel 30:14 (GW)
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We raided the portion of the Negev where the Cherethites live, the territory of Judah, the portion of the Negev where Caleb settled, and we burned down Ziklag.”

1 Samuel 30:15 (GW)
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“Will you lead me to these troops?” David asked him. He answered, “Take an oath in front of God that you won’t kill me or hand me over to my master, and I’ll lead you to these troops.”

1 Samuel 30:16 (GW)
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The Egyptian led him to them. They were spread out all over the land, eating, and drinking. They were celebrating because they had taken so much loot from Philistine territory and from the land of Judah.

1 Samuel 30:17 (GW)
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From dawn until evening the next day, David attacked them. No one escaped except 400 young men who rode away on camels.

1 Samuel 30:18 (GW)
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David rescued everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.

1 Samuel 30:19 (GW)
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Nothing was missing—young or old, sons or daughters, the loot or anything else they had taken with them. David brought back everything.

1 Samuel 30:20 (GW)
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He took all the sheep and the cattle. His men drove the animals ahead of him and said, “This is David’s loot.”

1 Samuel 30:21 (GW)
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David came to the 200 men who had been too exhausted to go with him and had stayed in the Besor Valley. They came to meet David and the people with him. As David approached the men, he greeted them.

1 Samuel 30:22 (GW)
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Then every wicked and worthless man who had gone with David said, “Since they didn’t go with us, they shouldn’t be given any of the loot we recovered. Each of them should take only his wife and children and leave.”

1 Samuel 30:23 (GW)
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But David said, “My brothers, don’t do that with the things which the Lord has given us. He has protected us and handed the troops that attacked us over to us.

1 Samuel 30:24 (GW)
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Besides, who is going to pay attention to what you have to say in this matter? Certainly, the share of those who go into battle must be like the share of those who stay with the supplies. They will all share alike.”

1 Samuel 30:25 (GW)
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From that time on he made this a rule and a custom in Israel as it is to this day.

1 Samuel 30:26 (GW)
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When David came to Ziklag, he sent part of the loot to his friends, the leaders of Judah. He said, “Here is a gift for you from the loot taken from the Lord’s enemies.”

1 Samuel 30:27 (GW)
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There were shares for those in Bethel, Ramoth in the Negev, Jattir,

1 Samuel 30:29 (GW)
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Racal, the cities belonging to the Jerahmeelites, the cities belonging to the Kenites,

1 Samuel 30:31 (GW)
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Hebron, and to all the places David and his men visited from time to time.
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