1 Samuel 30:18

18 David rescued everything that the Amalekites had taken, including his own two wives.

1 Samuel 30:18 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 30:18

And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away,
&c.] The wives and children of the Israelites, and their goods, excepting the provisions they had eaten:

and David rescued his two wives;
which is particularly observed, because a special concern of his.

1 Samuel 30:18 In-Context

16 So the boy led David to them, and he found them scattered all over the countryside, eating, drinking, and celebrating over the large amount of plunder they had taken from Philistine and Judean territory.

17 David attacked them from twilight until evening of the next day. He killed them all. No one escaped except four hundred young men who got on camels and fled.

18 David rescued everything that the Amalekites had taken, including his own two wives.

19 Nothing was missing from the plunder or anything that they had taken, neither old nor young, son nor daughter. David brought everything back.

20 David also captured all the sheep and cattle, which were driven in front of the other livestock. The troops said, "This is David's plunder!"