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1 Now when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid against the Negeb and against Ziklag. They had overcome Ziklag and burned it with fire
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cumque venissent David et viri eius in Siceleg die tertia Amalechitae impetum fecerant ex parte australi in Siceleg et percusserant Siceleg et succenderant eam igni
2 and taken captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great. They killed no one, but carried them off and went their way.
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et captivas duxerant mulieres ex ea et a minimo usque ad magnum et non interfecerant quemquam sed secum duxerant et pergebant in itinere suo
3 And when David and his men came to the city, they found it burned with fire, and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.
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cum ergo venisset David et viri eius ad civitatem et invenissent eam succensam igni et uxores suas et filios suos et filias ductas esse captivas
4 Then David and the people who were with him raised their voices and wept until they had no more strength to weep.
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levaverunt David et populus qui erat cum eo voces suas et planxerunt donec deficerent in eis lacrimae
5 David’s two wives also had been taken captive, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel.
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siquidem et duae uxores David captivae ductae fuerant Ahinoem Iezrahelites et Abigail uxor Nabal Carmeli
6 And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because all the people were bitter in soul, each for his sons and daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.
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et contristatus est David valde volebat enim eum populus lapidare quia amara erat anima uniuscuiusque viri super filiis suis et filiabus confortatus est autem David in Domino Deo suo
7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod. ” So Abiathar brought the ephod to David.
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et ait ad Abiathar sacerdotem filium Ahimelech adplica ad me ephod et adplicuit Abiathar ephod ad David
8 And David inquired of the Lord, “Shall I pursue after this band? Shall I overtake them? ” He answered him, “Pursue, for you shall surely overtake and shall surely rescue. ”
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et consuluit David Dominum dicens persequar an non latrunculos hos et conprehendam eos dixitque ei persequere absque dubio enim conprehendes eos et excuties praedam
9 So David set out, and the six hundred men who were with him, and they came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed.
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abiit ergo David ipse et sescenti viri qui erant cum eo et venerunt usque ad torrentem Besor et lassi quidam substiterunt
10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men. Two hundred stayed behind, who were too exhausted to cross the brook Besor.
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persecutus est autem David ipse et quadringenti viri substiterant enim ducenti qui lassi transire non poterant torrentem Besor
11 They found an Egyptian in the open country and brought him to David. And they gave him bread and he ate. They gave him water to drink,
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et invenerunt virum aegyptium in agro et adduxerunt eum ad David dederuntque ei panem ut comederet et ut biberet aquam
12 and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs and two clusters of raisins. And when he had eaten, his spirit revived, for he had not eaten bread or drunk water for three days and three nights.
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sed et fragmen massae caricarum et duas ligaturas uvae passae quae cum comedisset reversus est spiritus eius et refocilatus est non enim comederat panem neque biberat aquam tribus diebus et tribus noctibus
13 And David said to him, “To whom do you belong? And where are you from? ” He said, “I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite, and my master left me behind because I fell sick three days ago.
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dixit itaque ei David cuius es tu vel unde quo pergis qui ait ei puer aegyptius ego sum servus viri amalechitae dereliquit autem me dominus meus quia aegrotare coepi nudius tertius
14 We had made a raid against the Negeb of the Cherethites and against that which belongs to Judah and against the Negeb of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag with fire. ”
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siquidem nos erupimus ad australem partem Cerethi et contra Iudam et ad meridiem Chaleb et Siceleg succendimus igni
15 And David said to him, “Will you take me down to this band? ” And he said, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will take you down to this band. ”
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dixitque ei David potes me ducere ad istum cuneum qui ait iura mihi per Deum quod non occidas me et non tradas me in manu domini mei et ducam te ad cuneum istum
16 And when he had taken him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the land, eating and drinking and dancing, because of all the great spoil they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.
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qui cum duxisset eum ecce illi discumbebant super faciem universae terrae comedentes et bibentes et quasi festum celebrantes diem pro cuncta praeda et spoliis quae ceperant de terra Philisthim et de terra Iuda
17 And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day, and not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men, who mounted camels and fled.
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et percussit eos David a vespere usque ad vesperam alterius diei et non evasit ex eis quisquam nisi quadringenti viri adulescentes qui ascenderant camelos et fugerant
18 David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and David rescued his two wives.
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eruit ergo David omnia quae tulerant Amalechitae et duas uxores suas eruit
19 Nothing was missing, whether small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything that had been taken. David brought back all.
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nec defuit quicquam a parvo usque ad magnum tam de filiis quam de filiabus et de spoliis et quaecumque rapuerant omnia reduxit David
20 David also captured all the flocks and herds, and the people drove the livestock before him, and said, “This is David’s spoil. ”
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et tulit universos greges et armenta et minavit ante faciem suam dixeruntque haec est praeda David
21 Then David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow David, and who had been left at the brook Besor. And they went out to meet David and to meet the people who were with him. And when David came near to the people he greeted them.
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venit autem David ad ducentos viros qui lassi substiterant nec sequi potuerant David et residere eos iusserat in torrente Besor qui egressi sunt obviam David et populo qui erat cum eo accedens autem David ad populum salutavit eos pacifice
22 Then all the wicked and worthless fellows among the men who had gone with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not give them any of the spoil that we have recovered, except that each man may lead away his wife and children, and depart. ”
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respondensque omnis vir pessimus et iniquus de viris qui ierant cum David dixit quia non venerunt nobiscum non dabimus eis quicquam de praeda quam eruimus sed sufficiat unicuique uxor sua et filii quos cum acceperint recedant
23 But David said, “You shall not do so, my brothers, with what the Lord has given us. He has preserved us and given into our hand the band that came against us.
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dixit autem David non sic facietis fratres mei de his quae tradidit Dominus nobis et custodivit nos et dedit latrunculos qui eruperant adversum nos in manu nostra
24 Who would listen to you in this matter? For as his share is who goes down into the battle, so shall his share be who stays by the baggage. They shall share alike. ”
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nec audiet vos quisquam super sermone hoc aequa enim pars erit descendentis ad proelium et remanentis ad sarcinas et similiter divident
25 And he made it a statute and a rule for Israel from that day forward to this day.
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et factum est hoc ex die illa et deinceps constitutum et praefinitum et quasi lex in Israhel usque ad diem hanc
26 When David came to Ziklag, he sent part of the spoil to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a present for you from the spoil of the enemies of the Lord. ”
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venit ergo David in Siceleg et misit dona de praeda senioribus Iuda proximis suis dicens accipite benedictionem de praeda hostium Domini
27 It was for those in Bethel, in Ramoth of the Negeb, in Jattir,
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his qui erant in Bethel et qui in Ramoth ad meridiem et qui in Iether
28 in Aroer, in Siphmoth, in Eshtemoa,
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et qui in Aroer et qui in Sefamoth et qui in Esthama
29 in Racal, in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, in the cities of the Kenites,
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et qui in Rachal et qui in urbibus Ierameli et qui in urbibus Ceni
30 in Hormah, in Bor-ashan, in Athach,
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et qui in Arama et qui in lacu Asan et qui in Athac
31 in Hebron, for all the places where David and his men had roamed.
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et qui in Hebron et reliquis qui erant in his locis in quibus commoratus fuerat David ipse et viri eius
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