David's Wives Are Captured

1 Samuel 30

1 Now it happened, when David and his men came to a Ziklag, on the third day, that the b Amalekites had invaded the South and Ziklag, attacked Ziklag and burned it with fire, 2 and had taken captive the c women and those who were there, from small to great; they did not kill anyone, but carried them away and went their way. 3 So David and his men came to the city, and there it was, burned with fire; and their wives, their sons, and their daughters had been taken captive. 4 Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voices and wept, until they had no more power to weep. 5 And David's two d wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite, had been taken captive. 6 Now David was greatly distressed, for e the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was 1 grieved, every man for his sons and his daughters. f But David strengthened himself in the LORD his God.

7 g Then David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, "Please bring the ephod here to me." And h Abiathar brought the ephod to David. 8 i So David inquired of the LORD, saying, "Shall I pursue this troop? Shall I overtake them?" And He answered him, "Pursue, for you shall surely overtake them and without fail recover all." 9 So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the Brook Besor, where those stayed who were left behind. 10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men; j for two hundred stayed behind, who were so weary that they could not cross the Brook Besor.

11 Then they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David; and they gave him bread and he ate, and they let him drink water. 12 And they gave him a piece of k a cake of figs and two clusters of raisins. So l when he had eaten, his strength came back to him; for he had eaten no bread nor drunk water for three days and three nights. 13 Then David said to him, "To whom do you belong, and where are you from?" And he said, "I am a young man from Egypt, servant of an Amalekite; and my master left me behind, because three days ago I fell sick. 14 "We made an invasion of the southern area of m the Cherethites, in the territory which belongs to Judah, and of the southern area n of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire." 15 And David said to him, "Can you take me down to this troop?" So he said, "Swear to me by God that you will neither kill me nor deliver me into the hands of my o master, and I will take you down to this troop."

  1. Cross References
    2 Samuel 4:4
    Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel; and his nurse took him up and fled. And it happened, as she made haste to flee, that he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.
  2. Cross References
    1 Samuel 27:6
    So Achish gave him Ziklag that day. Therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.
  3. Cross References
    1 Samuel 15:7
    And Saul attacked the Amalekites, from Havilah all the way to Shur, which is east of Egypt.
    1 Samuel 27:8
    And David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. For those nations were the inhabitants of the land from of old, as you go to Shur, even as far as the land of Egypt.
  4. Cross References
    1 Samuel 27:2
    Then David arose and went over with the six hundred men who were with him to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
    1 Samuel 27:3
    So David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, each man with his household, and David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's widow.
  5. Cross References
    1 Samuel 25:42
    So Abigail rose in haste and rode on a donkey, attended by five of her maidens; and she followed the messengers of David, and became his wife.
    1 Samuel 25:43
    David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel, and so both of them were his wives.
  6. Cross References
    Exodus 17:4
    So Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, "What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me!
    John 8:59
    Then they took up stones to throw at Him; but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
  7. Cross References
    1 Samuel 23:16
    Then Jonathan, Saul's son, arose and went to David in the woods and strengthened his hand in God.
    Isaiah 25:4
    For You have been a strength to the poor, A strength to the needy in his distress, A refuge from the storm, A shade from the heat; For the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
    Habakkuk 3:17 - 19
    Though the fig tree may not blossom, Nor fruit be on the vines; Though the labor of the olive may fail, And the fields yield no food; Though the flock may be cut off from the fold, And there be no herd in the stalls -
  8. Cross References
    1 Samuel 23:2 - 9
    Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying, "Shall I go and attack these Philistines?" And the LORD said to David, "Go and attack the Philistines, and save Keilah.
  9. Cross References
    1 Samuel 23:6
    Now it happened, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, that he went down with an ephod in his hand.
  10. Cross References
    1 Samuel 23:2
    Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying, "Shall I go and attack these Philistines?" And the LORD said to David, "Go and attack the Philistines, and save Keilah.
    1 Samuel 23:4
    Then David inquired of the LORD once again. And the LORD answered him and said, "Arise, go down to Keilah. For I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.
    Psalms 50:15
    Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.
    Psalms 91:15
    He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him.
  11. Cross References
    1 Samuel 30:9
    So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the Brook Besor, where those stayed who were left behind.
    1 Samuel 30:21
    Now David came to the two hundred men who had been so weary that they could not follow David, whom they also had made to stay at the Brook Besor. So they went out to meet David and to meet the people who were with him. And when David came near the people, he greeted them.
  12. Cross References
    1 Samuel 25:18
    Then Abigail made haste and took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five sheep already dressed, five seahs of roasted grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and loaded them on donkeys.
    1 Kings 20:7
    So the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, "Notice, please, and see how this man seeks trouble, for he sent to me for my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold; and I did not deny him.
  13. Cross References
    Judges 15:19
    So God split the hollow place that is in Lehi, and water came out, and he drank; and his spirit returned, and he revived. Therefore he called its name En Hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day.
    1 Samuel 14:27
    But Jonathan had not heard his father charge the people with the oath; therefore he stretched out the end of the rod that was in his hand and dipped it in a honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his countenance brightened.
  14. Cross References
    2 Samuel 8:18
    Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief ministers.
    1 Kings 1:38
    So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David's mule, and took him to Gihon.
    1 Kings 1:44
    The king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites; and they have made him ride on the king's mule.
    Ezekiel 25:16
    Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant of the seacoast.
    Zephaniah 2:5
    Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast, The nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: "I will destroy you; So there shall be no inhabitant.
  15. Cross References
    Joshua 14:13
    And Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as an inheritance.
    Joshua 15:13
    Now to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a share among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, namely, Kirjath Arba, which is Hebron ( Arba was the father of Anak).
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