1 Samuel 30
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Now when David and his men came to u Ziklag on the third day, v the Amalekites had w made a raid against the Negeb and against Ziklag. They had overcome Ziklag and burned it with fire
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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.
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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.
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Then David and the people who were with him raised their voices and wept until they had no more strength to weep.
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David's x two wives also had been taken captive, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel.
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And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke y 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.
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z And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, "Bring me the ephod." So Abiathar brought the ephod to David.
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a And David inquired of the Lord, "Shall I pursue after this b band? Shall I overtake them?" He answered him, "Pursue, for you shall surely overtake c and shall surely rescue."
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So David set out, and d the six hundred men who were with him, and they came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed.
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But David pursued, he and four hundred men. e Two hundred stayed behind, who were too exhausted to cross the brook Besor.
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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,
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and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs and two clusters of raisins. And when he had eaten, f his spirit revived, for he had not eaten bread or drunk water for three days and three nights.
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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.
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g We had made a raid against the Negeb of h the Cherethites and against that which belongs to Judah and against the Negeb of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag with fire."
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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 i band."
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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.
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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.
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j David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and David rescued his two wives.
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Nothing was missing, whether small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything that had been taken. j David brought back all.
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David also captured all the flocks and herds, and the people drove the livestock before him, and said, "This is David's spoil."
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Then David came to k the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow David, and who had been left k 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.
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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."
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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.
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Who would listen to you in this matter? l 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."
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And he made it a statute and a rule for Israel from that day forward to this day.
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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."
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It was for those in m Bethel, in Ramoth of the Negeb, in n Jattir,
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in o Aroer, in Siphmoth, in p Eshtemoa,
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in Racal, in the cities of q the Jerahmeelites, in the cities of r the Kenites,
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in s Hormah, in Bor-ashan, in Athach,
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in t Hebron, for all the places where David and his men had roamed.
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1 Samuel 29:4
But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with him. And the commanders of the Philistines said to him, "Send the man back, that he may return to the place to which you have assigned him. He shall not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us. For how could this fellow reconcile himself to his lord? Would it not be with the heads of the men here?
1 Samuel 29:11
So David set out with his men early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. But the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
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1 Samuel 27:8
Now David and his men went up and made raids against the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites, for these were the inhabitants of the land from of old, as far as Shur, to the land of Egypt.
1 Samuel 15:3
Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.'
1 Samuel 15:7
And Saul defeated the Amalekites from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt.
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1 Samuel 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.
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1 Samuel 25:42 - 43
And Abigail hurried and rose and mounted a donkey, and her five young women attended her. She followed the messengers of David and became his wife.
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Exodus 17:4
So Moses cried to the Lord, "What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.
Numbers 14:10
Then all the congregation said to stone them with stones. But the glory of the Lord appeared at the tent of meeting to all the people of Israel.
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1 Samuel 23:6
When Abiathar the son of Ahimelech had fled to David to Keilah, he had come down with an ephod in his hand.
1 Samuel 23:9
David knew that Saul was plotting harm against him. And he said to Abiathar the priest, "Bring the ephod here.
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1 Samuel 22:10
And he inquired of the Lord for him and gave him provisions and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
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1 Chronicles 12:21
They helped David against the band of raiders, for they were all mighty men of valor and were commanders in the army.
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1 Samuel 30:18
David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and David rescued his two wives.
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1 Samuel 23:13
Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed from Keilah, and they went wherever they could go. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he gave up the expedition.
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1 Samuel 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.
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Judges 15:19
And God split open the hollow place that is at Lehi, and water came out from it. And when he drank, his spirit returned, and he revived. Therefore the name of it was called En-hakkore; it is at Lehi to this day.
1 Samuel 14:27
But Jonathan had not heard his father charge the people with the oath, so he put out the tip of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes became bright.
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1 Samuel 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
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2 Samuel 8:18
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2 Samuel 15:18
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2 Samuel 20:7
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2 Samuel 20:23
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1 Kings 1:38
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1 Kings 1:44
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1 Chronicles 18:17
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Ezekiel 25:16
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Zephaniah 2:5
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1 Samuel 25:3
Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. The woman was discerning and beautiful, but the man was harsh and badly behaved; he was a Calebite.
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1 Samuel 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.
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1 Samuel 30:18
David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and David rescued his two wives.
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1 Samuel 30:10
But David pursued, he and four hundred men. Two hundred stayed behind, who were too exhausted to cross the brook Besor.
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1 Samuel 30:10
But David pursued, he and four hundred men. Two hundred stayed behind, who were too exhausted to cross the brook Besor.
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Numbers 31:27
And divide the plunder into two parts between the warriors who went out to battle and all the congregation.
Joshua 22:8
He said to them, "Go back to your tents with much wealth and with very much livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, and iron, and with much clothing. Divide the spoil of your enemies with your brothers.
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Genesis 28:19
He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
Judges 1:22 - 26
The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the Lord was with them.
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Joshua 15:48
And in the hill country, Shamir, Jattir, Socoh.
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Deuteronomy 2:36
From Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and from the city that is in the valley, as far as Gilead, there was not a city too high for us. The Lord our God gave all into our hands.
Joshua 13:16
So their territory was from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the tableland by Medeba.
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Joshua 15:50
Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim.
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1 Samuel 27:10
When Achish asked, "Where have you made a raid today?" David would say, "Against the Negeb of Judah," or, "Against the Negeb of the Jerahmeelites," or, "Against the Negeb of the Kenites.
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Judges 1:16
And the descendants of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah from the city of palms into the wilderness of Judah, which lies in the Negeb near Arad, and they went and settled with the people.
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Judges 1:17
And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they defeated the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath and devoted it to destruction. So the name of the city was called Hormah.
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Joshua 14:13 - 15
Then Joshua blessed him, and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
Judges 1:10
And Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron (now the name of Hebron was formerly Kiriath-arba), and they defeated Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai.
2 Samuel 2:1 - 4
After this David inquired of the Lord, "Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?" And the Lord said to him, "Go up." David said, "To which shall I go up?" And he said, "To Hebron.
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