1 Samuel 30:1-5

David Destroys the Amalekites

1 David and his men reached Ziklag on the third day. Now the Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They had attacked Ziklag and burned it,
2 and had taken captive the women and everyone else in it, both young and old. They killed none of them, but carried them off as they went on their way.
3 When David and his men reached Ziklag, they found it destroyed by fire and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.
4 So David and his men wept aloud until they had no strength left to weep.
5 David’s two wives had been captured—Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of Carmel.

Cross References 6

  • 1. S 1 Samuel 27:6; 1 Samuel 29:4,11
  • 2. S 1 Samuel 15:7; 1 Samuel 27:8
  • 3. ver 14
  • 4. S Genesis 31:26
  • 5. S Genesis 27:38
  • 6. S 1 Samuel 25:43; 2 Samuel 2:2
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