1 Samuel 30:18

18 David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.

1 Samuel 30:18 in Other Translations

18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.

18 David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and David rescued his two wives.

18 David got back everything the Amalekites had taken, and he rescued his two wives.

18 David rescued everything the Amalekites had taken. And he rescued his two wives!

18 David recovered everything the Amalekites 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 David down, and there they were, scattered over the countryside, eating, drinking and reveling because of the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from Judah.

17 David fought them from dusk until the evening of the next day, and none of them got away, except four hundred young men who rode off on camels and fled.

18 David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.

19 Nothing was missing: young or old, boy or girl, plunder or anything else they had taken. David brought everything back.

20 He took all the flocks and herds, and his men drove them ahead of the other livestock, saying, “This is David’s plunder.”

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 14:16