1 Samuel 30:18

18 David recovered all that the 'Amaleki had taken; he also rescued 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 them down, and there they were, spread out all over the ground, eating, drinking and celebrating how much spoil they had taken from the territory of the P'lishtim and the territory of Y'hudah.

17 David attacked them from dawn until the evening of the next day. Not one of them escaped, except for 400 young men who jumped on camels and got away.

18 David recovered all that the 'Amaleki had taken; he also rescued his two wives.

19 They found nothing missing, big or little - not sons, not daughters, not plundered goods or anything else they had taken - David brought it all back.

20 David took all the flocks and herds and drove them ahead of their own livestock, announcing, "This is David's spoil."