1 Samuel 30:18

18 David got everything back that the Amalekites had taken. That included his 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 He led David down to where the men were. They were scattered all over the countryside. They were eating and drinking and dancing wildly. That's because they had taken a large amount of goods from those they had attacked. They had taken it from the land of the Philistines and from the people of Judah.

17 David fought against them from sunset until the evening of the next day. None of them escaped except 400 young men. They rode off on camels and got away.

18 David got everything back that the Amalekites had taken. That included his two wives.

19 Nothing was missing. Not one young person or old person or boy or girl was missing. None of the goods or anything else the Amalekites had taken was missing. David brought everything back.

20 He brought back all of the flocks and herds. His men drove them on ahead of the other livestock. They said, "Here's what David has captured."