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And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
yivyil.V;ht07992 ~w{Y;Bt03117 g;l.qict06860 wy'v'n]a;wt0582 diw'dt01732 a{b.Bt0935 yih.y;w ? .WK;Y;w g;l.qict06860 -l,a.w b,g,nt05045 -l,a .Wj.v'pt06584 yiqel'm][;wt06003 ? vea'Bt0784 H't{a .Wp.r.fiY;w g;l.qict06860 -t,a
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And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.
lw{d'Gt01419 -d;[.w !{j'Qim H'B -r,v]a ~yiv'N;h -t,a .WB.viY;w ? ~'K.r;d.l .Wk.leY;w .Wg]h.niY;wt05090 vyiat0376 .Wtyimeh a{l
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So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.
h'p.Wr.f heNih.w ryi['ht05892 -l,a wy'v'n]a;wt0582 diw'dt01732 a{b'Y;w ? .WB.vint01121 ~,hyet{n.b.W ~,hyen.b.W ~,hyev.n.W vea'Bt0784
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Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
~'lw{qt06963 -t,a w{Tia -r,v]a ~'['h.wt05971 diw'dt01732 a'FiY;w ? tw{K.bil ;x{Kt03581 ~,h'B -nyea r,v]a d;[ .WK.biY;w
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And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
tyile[.r.ziY;ht03159 ~;[{nyix]at0293 .WB.vin diw'dt01732 -yev.nt08147 yeT.v.W ? yil.m.r;K;ht03761 l'b'nt05037 t,vea lIy;gyib]a;wt026
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And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
w{l.q's.lt05619 ~'['ht05971 .Wr.m'at0559 -yiK d{a.mt03966 diw'd.lt01732 r,ceT;w ? w{n.B -l;[ vyiat0376 ~'['ht05971 -l'K v,p,nt05315 h'r'm -yiK ? wy'h{l/a h'why;B diw'Dt01732 qeZ;x.tiY;wt02388 wy't{n.B -l;[.w
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And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.
.$,l,myix]at0288 -n,B !eh{K;ht03548 r't'y.b,at054 -l,a diw'Dt01732 r,ma{Y;wt0559 ? d{pea'ht0646 -t,a r't'y.b,at054 veG;Y;w d{pea'ht0646 yil a'N -h'vyiG;h ? diw'Dt01732 -l,a
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And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.
yer]x;at0310 @{D.r,at07291 r{maelt0559 h'why;Bt03068 diw'Dt01732 l;a.viY;wt07592 ? @{d.rt07291 w{l r,ma{Y;wt0559 .WN,giF;a;h h,Z;h -d.Wd.G;ht01416 ? lyiC;T leC;h.w gyiF;T geF;h -yiK
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So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.
r,v]a vyiat0376 tw{aem -vev.wt08337 a.Wh diw'Dt01732 .$,leY;w ? ~yir'tw{N;h.w rw{f.B;h l;x;nt05158 -d;[ .Wa{b'Y;wt0935 w{Tia ? .Wd'm'[t05975
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But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
.Wd.m;[;Y;wt05975 vyiat0376 tw{aem -[;B.r;a.wt0702 a.Wh diw'Dt01732 @{D.riY;wt07291 ? l;x;nt05158 -t,a r{b][emt05674 .Wr.GiPt06296 r,v]a vyia ~Iy;ta'm ? rw{f.B;h
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And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;
w{t{a .Wx.qiY;wt03947 h,d'F;B yir.cimt04713 -vyiat0376 .Wa.c.miY;wt04672 ? .WhUq.v;Y;wt08248 l;ka{Y;wt0398 ~,x,lt03899 w{l -.Wn.TiY;w diw'Dt01732 -l,a ? ~Iy'mt04325
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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, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.
l;ka{Y;wt0398 ~yiqUMict06778 yen.v.Wt08147 h'leb.Dt01690 x;l,pt06400 w{l -.Wn.TiY;w ? h't'vt08354 -a{l.w ~,x,lt03899 l;k'at0398 -a{l yiK wy'lea w{x.Wrt07307 b'v'T;w ? tw{lyelt03915 h'v{l.v.W ~yim'yt04325 h'v{l.v ~Iy;m
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And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite*; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.
h'T'a h,Zim yea.w h'T;a -yim.l diw'dt01732 w{l r,ma{Y;wt0559 ? yiqel'm][ vyia.lt0376 d,b,[t05650 yik{n'a yir.cimt04713 r;[;nt05288 r,ma{Y;wt0559 ? h'v{l.v ~w{Y;ht03117 yityil'x yiK yin{d]a yineb.z;[;Y;wt05800
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We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.
r,v]at0784 -l;[.w yiter.K;ht03774 b,g,nt05045 .Wn.j;v'Pt06584 .Wn.x;n]a ? .Wn.p;r'f g;l.qict06860 -t,a.w bel'Kt03612 b,g,nt05045 -l;[.w h'd.Whyilt03063 ? vea'b
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And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.
d.Wd.G;ht01732 -l,a yinedirw{t]h diw'Dt01416 wy'leat0430 r,ma{Y;wt0559 ? yinetyim.T -mia ~yih{laeb yiL h'[.b'Viht07650 r,ma{Y;wt0559 h,Z;h ? d.Wd.G;ht01416 -l,a '$.dirw{a.w yin{d]a -d;y.Bt03027 yineriG.s;T -mia.w ? h,Z;h
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And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
#,r'a'ht0776 -l'k yen.Pt06440 -l;[ ~yivUj.nt05203 heNih.w .Whedir{Y;wt03381 ? lw{d'G;h l'l'V;ht07998 l{k.B ~yig.g{x.wt02287 ~yit{v.w ~yil.k{at0398 ? h'd.Wh.yt03063 #,r,aem.Wt0776 ~yiT.vil.P #,r,aemt0776 .Wx.q'l r,v]a
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And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.
~'t'r\x'm.lt04283 b,r,['ht06153 -d;[.w @,v,N;hemt05399 diw'Dt01732 ~eK;Y;w ? tw{aem [;B.r;at0702 -mia yiK vyiat0376 ~,hem j;l.mint04422 -a{l.w ? .WsUn'Y;wt05127 ~yiL;m.G;ht01581 -l;[ .Wb.k'rt07392 -r,v]a r;[;nt05288 -vyiat0376
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And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.
yeT.v -t,a.w qel'm][t06002 .Wx.q'l r,v]a -l'K tea diw'Dt01732 leC;Y;w ? diw'Dt01732 lyiCih wy'v'n
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And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all.
lw{d'G;ht01419 -d;[.w !{j'Q;h -nim ~,h'l -r;D.[,nt05737 a{l.w ? r,v]a -l'K d;[.w l'l'Vim.Wt07998 tw{n'b.W ~yin'B -d;[.w ? diw'Dt01732 byiveh l{K;h ~,h'l .Wx.q'l
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And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.
.Wg]h'nt05090 r'q'B;h.wt01241 !a{C;h -l'K -t,a diw'Dt01732 x;QiY;wt03947 ? diw'Dt01732 l;l.vt07998 h,z .Wr.ma{Y;wt0559 a.Wh;ht01931 h,n.qiM;ht04735 yen.pilt06440
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And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow* David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted* them.
.Wr.GiPt06296 -r,v]a ~yiv'n]a'h ~Iy;ta'mt03318 -l,a diw'dt01732 a{b'Y;w ? rw{f.B;ht01308 l;x;n.Bt05158 ~Ubyiv{Y;wt03427 diw'dt01732 yer]x;at0310 t,k,Lim ? w{Tia -r,v]a ~'['ht05971 ta;r.qil.wt07125 diw'Dt01732 ta;r.qilt07125 .Wa.ceY;w ? ~w{l'v.lt07965 ~,h'l l;a.viY;wt07592 ~'['ht05971 -t,a diw'Dt01732 v;GiY;w
22
Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.
~yiv'n]a'hem l;[;Yil.b.Wt01100 ['rt07451 -vyiat0376 -l'K !;[;Y;w ? r,v]a !;[;y .Wr.ma{Y;wt0559 diw'Dt01732 -mi[ .Wk.l'h r,v]a ? l'l'V;hemt07998 ~,h'l !eTin -a{l yiMi[ .Wk.l'h -a{l ? w{T.via -t,a vyiat0376 -mia -yiK .Wn.l;Cih r,v]a ? .Wkeley.w .Wg]h.nIy.wt05090 wy'n'B -t,a.w
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Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.
!;t'n -r,v]a tea y'x,at0251 !ek .Wf][;t -a{l diw'Dt01732 r,ma{Y;wt0559 ? d.Wd.G;ht01416 -t,a !eTiY;wt05414 .Wn't{a r{m.viY;wt08104 .Wn'l h'wh.yt03068 ? .Wned'y.Bt03027 .Wnyel'[ a'B;h
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For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.
der{Y;ht03381 q,lex.Kt02506 yiK h,Z;h r'b'D;lt01697 ~,k'l [;m.vIyt08085 yim.W ? w'D.x;yt03162 ~yileK;ht03627 -l;[ bev{Y;ht03427 q,lex.k.Wt02506 h'm'x.liM;Bt04421 ? .Wq{l]x;yt02505
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And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.
q{x.lt02706 'h,mif.y;wt07760 h'l.['m'wt04605 a.Wh;h ~w{Y;hemt03117 yih.y;w ? h,Z;h ~w{Y;ht03117 d;[ lea'r.fIy.lt03478 j'P.vim.l.Wt04941
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And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD;
yen.qiz.l l'l'V;hemt07998 x;L;v.y;wt07971 g;l.qict06860 -l,a diw'dt01732 a{b'Y;wt0341 ? l;l.Vimt07998 h'k'r.Bt01293 ~,k'l heNih r{maelt0559 .Whe[er.lt07453 h'd.Wh.yt03063 ? h'wh.yt03068 yeb.y{a
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To them which were in Bethel, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,
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And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa,
r,v]a;l.w tw{m.pif.Bt08224 r,v]a;l.w re[{r][;Bt06177 r,v]a;l.w ? ;[{m.T.v,a.B
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And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites,
]yilea.m.x;r.Y;ht03397 yer'[.Bt05892 r,v]a;l.w l'k'r.Bt07403 r,v]a;l.w ? yinyeQ;ht07017 yer'[.B r,v]a;l.w
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And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chorashan, and to them which were in Athach,
r,v]a;l.w !'v'[ -rw{b.B r,v]a;l.w h'm.r'x.Bt02767 r,v]a;l.w ? .$'t][;bt06269
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And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.
-.k,L;h.tih -r,v]a tw{m{q.M;ht04725 -l'k.l.W !w{r.b,x.Bt02275 r,v]a;l.w ? wy'v'n]a;wt0582 a.Wh diw'Dt01732 ~'v