1 Samuel 30:17

Listen to 1 Samuel 30:17
17 Y los hiri贸 David desde aquella madrugada hasta la tarde del d铆a; y no escap贸 de ellos ninguno, sino cuatrocientos j贸venes, que hab铆an subido en camellos y huyeron.

1 Samuel 30:17 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 30:17

And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening
of the next day
As there are two twilights, the twilight of the morning, and the twilight of the evening; this is differently understood some take it for the twilight of the morning, and that it was night when David came to them, and let them alone till they were drunk and asleep, and then early in the morning fell upon them, and smote them until the evening; so Josephus F19 relates it; but others take it to be the twilight of the evening, and that he fell upon them that night, and continued the slaughter of them to the evening of the next day, with which agrees the Targum; nay, some take the next day, or the morrow, to be that which followed after the two evenings; so that this slaughter was carried on to the third day:

and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men that
rode upon camels, and fled;
that sort of camels called dromedaries, according to Josephus F20, and which were very swift, and much used by the Arabians, near whom these people dwelt, see ( Isaiah 60:6 ) ( Jeremiah 2:23 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F19 Antiqu. l. 6. c. 4. sect. 6.
F20 Ibid.
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1 Samuel 30:17 In-Context

15 Y le dijo David: 驴Me llevar谩s t煤 a aquel ej茅rcito? Y 茅l dijo: Hazme juramento por Dios que no me matar谩s, ni me entregar谩s en las manos de mi amo, y yo te llevar茅 al ej茅rcito.
16 Y as铆 lo llev贸; y he aqu铆 que estaban derramados sobre la faz de toda la tierra, comiendo y bebiendo y haciendo fiesta, por toda aquella gran presa que hab铆an tomado de la tierra de los filisteos, y de la tierra de Jud谩.
17 Y los hiri贸 David desde aquella madrugada hasta la tarde del d铆a; y no escap贸 de ellos ninguno, sino cuatrocientos j贸venes, que hab铆an subido en camellos y huyeron.
18 Y libr贸 David todo lo que los amalecitas hab铆an tomado; y asimismo libert贸 David a sus dos mujeres.
19 Y no les falt贸 cosa chica ni grande, as铆 de hijos como de hijas, del robo, y de todas las cosas que les hab铆an tomado; todo lo recobr贸 David.
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