1 Samuel 30:18

18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken: and David recovered 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 And he brought him down, and behold, they were spread over the whole land, 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.

17 And David smote them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day; and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, who rode upon camels, and fled.

18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken: and David recovered his two wives.

19 And there was nothing missed by them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil nor anything that they had taken: David brought all back.

20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, [which] they drove before the other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.