1 Samuel 30 (NET)

1 Samuel 30:1¹On the third day David and his men came to Ziklag. Now the Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They attacked Ziklag and burned it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 15:71 Sam 29:11Josh 11:61 Sam 27:8-101 Sam 29:42 Sam 1:2Gen 24:62

1 Samuel 30:2²They took captive the women and all who were in it, from the youngest to the oldest, but they did not kill anyone. They simply carried them off and went on their way.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 27:111 Sam 30:19Isa 27:8-9Job 38:11Ps 76:10

1 Samuel 30:3³When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned. Their wives, sons, and daughters had been taken captive.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 34:191 Pet 1:6-7Heb 12:6Rev 3:9

1 Samuel 30:4⁴Then David and the men who were with him wept loudly until they could weep no more.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 11:41 Sam 4:13Gen 37:33-35Judg 2:4Judg 21:2Num 14:1Num 14:39Ezra 10:1

1 Samuel 30:5⁵David’s two wives had been taken captive—Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail the Carmelite, Nabal’s widow.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 25:42-432 Sam 2:21 Sam 1:21 Sam 27:32 Sam 3:2-3

1 Samuel 30:6⁶David was very upset, for the men were thinking of stoning him; each man grieved bitterly over his sons and daughters. But David drew strength from the Lord his God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 56:3-4Ps 56:11Ps 62:5Ps 27:1-3Ps 18:6Ps 25:17Ps 40:1-22 Cor 1:8-10Exod 17:4Heb 13:6

1 Samuel 30:7⁷Then David said to the priest Abiathar son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought the ephod to David.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 2:261 Sam 22:20-211 Sam 23:2-9Mark 2:26

1 Samuel 30:8⁸David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Should I pursue this raiding band? Will I overtake them?” He said to him, “Pursue, for you will certainly overtake them and carry out a rescue!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 30:181 Sam 23:2Prov 3:5-62 Sam 5:192 Sam 5:23Ps 91:151 Sam 23:4Judg 20:23Ps 50:151 Sam 23:10-12

1 Samuel 30:9⁹So David went, accompanied by his 600 men. When he came to the Wadi Besor, those who were in the rear stayed there.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 27:2

1 Samuel 30:10¹⁰David and 400 men continued the pursuit, but 200 men who were too exhausted to cross the Wadi Besor stayed there.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 30:211 Sam 30:91 Sam 14:201 Sam 14:31Judg 8:4-5

1 Samuel 30:11¹¹Then they found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David. They gave him bread to eat and water to drink.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 23:7Rom 12:20-21Deut 15:7-11Luke 10:36-37Matt 25:35Prov 25:21

1 Samuel 30:12¹²They gave him a slice of pressed figs and two bunches of raisins to eat. This greatly refreshed him, for he had not eaten food or drunk water for three days and three nights.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Judg 15:191 Sam 14:271 Sam 30:13Esth 4:16Isa 40:29-31Jonah 1:17Matt 27:63

1 Samuel 30:13¹³David said to him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” The young man said, “I am an Egyptian, the servant of an Amalekite man. My master abandoned me when I was ill for three days.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 2:13Prov 12:10Job 31:13-15

1 Samuel 30:14¹⁴We conducted a raid on the Negev of the Kerethites, on the area of Judah, and on the Negev of Caleb. We burned Ziklag.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 1:381 Kgs 1:442 Sam 8:18Ezek 25:16Zeph 2:51 Sam 30:11 Sam 30:16Josh 14:13Josh 15:131 Chr 18:17

1 Samuel 30:15¹⁵David said to him, “Can you take us down to this raiding party?” He said, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or hand me over to my master, and I will take you down to this raiding party.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 29:6Deut 23:15-16Ezek 17:13Ezek 17:16Ezek 17:19Josh 2:12Josh 9:15Josh 9:19-20

1 Samuel 30:16¹⁶So he took David down, and they found them spread out over the land. They were eating and drinking and enjoying themselves because of all the loot they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 11:10-131 Sam 30:141 Thess 5:32 Sam 13:28Dan 5:1-4Job 20:5Judg 16:23-30Luke 12:19-20Luke 17:27-29Luke 21:34-35

1 Samuel 30:17¹⁷But David struck them down from twilight until the following evening. None of them escaped, with the exception of 400 young men who got away on camels.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 11:11Ps 18:421 Kgs 20:29-301 Sam 15:3Judg 4:16

1 Samuel 30:18¹⁸David retrieved everything the Amalekites had taken; he also rescued his two wives.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 14:16

1 Samuel 30:19¹⁹There was nothing missing, whether small or great. He retrieved sons and daughters, the plunder, and everything else they had taken. David brought everything back.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 30:8Ps 91:9-10Job 1:10Matt 6:33Ps 34:9-10Gen 14:14-16Num 31:49

1 Samuel 30:20²⁰David took all the flocks and herds and drove them in front of the rest of the animals. People were saying, “This is David’s plunder!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 30:262 Chr 20:25Isa 53:12Num 31:9-12Rom 8:37

1 Samuel 30:21²¹Then David approached the 200 men who had been too exhausted to go with him, those whom they had left at the Wadi Besor. They went out to meet David and the people who were with him. When David approached the people, he asked how they were doing.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 30:10Heb 13:1Judg 8:151 Pet 3:8

1 Samuel 30:22²²But all the evil and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, “Since they didn’t go with us, we won’t give them any of the loot we retrieved! They may take only their wives and children. Let them lead them away and be gone!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 13:13Matt 7:121 Kgs 21:101 Kgs 21:131 Sam 22:21 Sam 25:171 Sam 25:25Judg 19:22

1 Samuel 30:23²³But David said, “No! You shouldn’t do this, my brothers. Look at what the Lord has given us! He has protected us and has delivered into our hands the raiding party that came against us.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 8:18Ps 121:7-8Ps 44:2-71 Sam 2:7Acts 22:1Acts 7:2Deut 8:10Gen 19:7Judg 19:23Num 31:49-54

1 Samuel 30:24²⁴Who will listen to you in this matter? The portion of the one who went down into the battle will be the same as the portion of the one who remained with the equipment! Let their portions be the same!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 22:8Num 31:27Ps 68:12

1 Samuel 30:25²⁵From that time onward it was a binding ordinance for Israel, right up to the present time.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

1 Samuel 30:26²⁶When David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to the elders of Judah who were his friends, saying, “Here’s a gift for you from the looting of the Lord ’s enemies!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 25:271 Chr 12:1-152 Cor 9:52 Kgs 5:15Gen 33:11Isa 32:8Prov 18:16-24Ps 35:27Ps 68:18

1 Samuel 30:27²⁷The gift was for those in the following locations: for those in Bethel, Ramoth Negev, and Jattir;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 15:48Josh 19:8Gen 28:19Josh 21:14Judg 1:22-231 Kgs 12:29Josh 16:2Josh 7:2

1 Samuel 30:28²⁸for those in Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 13:16Josh 15:50Josh 21:14

1 Samuel 30:29²⁹and Racal; for those in the cities of the Jerahmeelites and Kenites;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 27:10Judg 1:161 Sam 15:61 Sam 23:19

1 Samuel 30:30³⁰for those in Hormah, Bor Ashan, Athach,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Judg 1:17Josh 19:4Josh 15:42Num 14:45

1 Samuel 30:31³¹and Hebron; and for those in whatever other places David and his men had traveled.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 2:12 Sam 15:102 Sam 2:42 Sam 4:1Josh 14:13-15