¹ H1732 And it came to pass, when David H582 and his men H935 were come [H8800]   H6860 to Ziklag H7992 on the third H3117 day H6003 , that the Amalekites H6584 had invaded [H8804]   H5045 the south H6860 , and Ziklag H5221 , and smitten [H8686]   H6860 Ziklag H8313 , and burned [H8799]   H784 it with fire;

² H802 And had taken the women H7617 captives [H8799]   H4191 , that were therein: they slew [H8689]   H376 not any H1419 , either great H6996 or small H5090 , but carried them away [H8799]   H3212 , and went [H8799]   H1870 on their way.

³ H1732 So David H582 and his men H935 came [H8799]   H5892 to the city H8313 , and, behold, it was burned [H8803]   H784 with fire H802 ; and their wives H1121 , and their sons H1323 , and their daughters H7617 , were taken captives [H8738]  .

⁴ H1732 Then David H5971 and the people H5375 that were with him lifted up [H8799]   H6963 their voice H1058 and wept [H8799]   H3581 , until they had no more power H1058 to weep [H8800]  .

⁵ H1732 And David's H8147 two H802 wives H7617 were taken captives [H8738]   H293 , Ahinoam H3159 the Jezreelitess H26 , and Abigail H802 the wife H5037 of Nabal H3761 the Carmelite.

⁶ H1732 And David H3966 was greatly H3334 distressed [H8799]   H5971 ; for the people H559 spake [H8804]   H5619 of stoning [H8800]   H5315 him, because the soul H5971 of all the people H4843 was grieved [H8804]   H376 , every man H1121 for his sons H1323 and for his daughters H1732 : but David H2388 encouraged [H8691]   H3068 himself in the LORD H430 his God.

⁷ H1732 And David H559 said [H8799]   H54 to Abiathar H3548 the priest H288 , Ahimelech's H1121 son H5066 , I pray thee, bring me hither [H8685]   H646 the ephod H54 . And Abiathar H5066 brought [H8686]   H646 thither the ephod H1732 to David.

⁸ H1732 And David H7592 enquired [H8799]   H3068 at the LORD H559 , saying [H8800]   H7291 , Shall I pursue [H8799]   H310 after H1416 this troop H5381 ? shall I overtake [H8686]   H559 them? And he answered [H8799]   H7291 him, Pursue [H8798]   H5381 : for thou shalt surely [H8687]   H5381 overtake [H8686]   H5337 them, and without fail [H8687]   H5337 recover [H8686]   all .

⁹ H1732 So David H3212 went [H8799]   H8337 , he and the six H3967 hundred H376 men H935 that were with him, and came [H8799]   H5158 to the brook H1308 Besor H3498 , where those that were left behind [H8737]   H5975 stayed [H8804]  .

¹⁰ H1732 But David H7291 pursued [H8799]   H702 , he and four H3967 hundred H376 men H3967 : for two hundred H5975 abode behind [H8799]   H6296 , which were so faint [H8765]   H5674 that they could not go over [H8800]   H5158 the brook H1308 Besor.

¹¹ H4672 And they found [H8799]   H376 an Egyptian H4713   H7704 in the field H3947 , and brought [H8799]   H1732 him to David H5414 , and gave [H8799]   H3899 him bread H398 , and he did eat [H8799]   H8248 ; and they made him drink [H8686]   H4325 water;

¹² H5414 And they gave [H8799]   H6400 him a piece H1690 of a cake H8147 of figs, and two H6778 clusters of raisins H398 : and when he had eaten [H8799]   H7307 , his spirit H7725 came again [H8799]   H398 to him: for he had eaten [H8804]   H3899 no bread H8354 , nor drunk [H8804]   H4325 any water H7969 , three H3117 days H7969 and three H3915 nights.

¹³ H1732 And David H559 said [H8799]   H559 unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said [H8799]   H5288 , I am a young man H4713 of Egypt H5650 , servant H376 to an Amalekite H6003   H113 ; and my master H5800 left [H8799]   H7969 me, because three H3117 days H2470 agone I fell sick [H8804]  .

¹⁴ H6584 We made an invasion [H8804]   H5045 upon the south H3774 of the Cherethites H3063 , and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah H5045 , and upon the south H3612 of Caleb H8313 ; and we burned [H8804]   H6860 Ziklag H784 with fire.

¹⁵ H1732 And David H559 said [H8799]   H3381 to him, Canst thou bring me down [H8686]   H1416 to this company H559 ? And he said [H8799]   H7650 , Swear [H8734]   H430 unto me by God H4191 , that thou wilt neither kill [H8686]   H518 me, nor H5462 deliver [H8686]   H3027 me into the hands H113 of my master H3381 , and I will bring thee down [H8686]   H1416 to this company.

¹⁶ H3381 And when he had brought him down [H8686]   H5203 , behold, they were spread abroad [H8803]   H6440 upon all H776 the earth H398 , eating [H8802]   H8354 and drinking [H8802]   H2287 , and dancing [H8802]   H1419 , because of all the great H7998 spoil H3947 that they had taken [H8804]   H776 out of the land H6430 of the Philistines H776 , and out of the land H3063 of Judah.

¹⁷ H1732 And David H5221 smote [H8686]   H5399 them from the twilight H6153 even unto the evening H4283 of the next day H4422 : and there escaped [H8738]   H376 not a man H702 of them, save four H3967 hundred H5288 young H376 men H7392 , which rode [H8804]   H1581 upon camels H5127 , and fled [H8799]  .

¹⁸ H1732 And David H5337 recovered [H8686]   H6002 all that the Amalekites H3947 had carried away [H8804]   H1732 : and David H5337 rescued [H8689]   H8147 his two H802 wives.

¹⁹ H5737 And there was nothing lacking [H8738]   H4480 to them, neither H6996 small H1419 nor great H1121 , neither sons H1323 nor daughters H7998 , neither spoil H3947 , nor any thing that they had taken [H8804]   H1732 to them: David H7725 recovered [H8689]   all.

²⁰ H1732 And David H3947 took [H8799]   H6629 all the flocks H1241 and the herds H5090 , which they drave [H8804]   H6440 before H1931 those H4735 other cattle H559 , and said [H8799]   H1732 , This is David's H7998 spoil.

²¹ H1732 And David H935 came [H8799]   H3967 to the two hundred H582 men H6296 , which were so faint [H8765]   H3212 that they could not follow [H8800]   H310   H1732 David H3427 , whom they had made also to abide [H8686]   H5158 at the brook H1308 Besor H3318 : and they went forth [H8799]   H7125 to meet [H8800]   H1732 David H7125 , and to meet [H8800]   H5971 the people H1732 that were with him: and when David H5066 came near [H8799]   H5971 to the people H7592 , he saluted [H8799]   H7965   them.

²² H6030 Then answered [H8799]   H7451 all the wicked H376 men H1100 and men of Belial H582 , of those H1980 that went [H8804]   H1732 with David H559 , and said [H8799]   H1980 , Because they went [H8804]   H5414 not with us, we will not give [H8799]   H7998 them ought of the spoil H5337 that we have recovered [H8689]   H376 , save to every man H802 his wife H1121 and his children H5090 , that they may lead them away [H8799]   H3212 , and depart [H8799]  .

²³ H559 Then said [H8799]   H1732 David H6213 , Ye shall not do so [H8799]   H251 , my brethren H3068 , with that which the LORD H5414 hath given [H8804]   H8104 us, who hath preserved [H8799]   H5414 us, and delivered [H8799]   H1416 the company H935 that came [H8802]   H3027 against us into our hand.

²⁴ H8085 For who will hearken [H8799]   H1697 unto you in this matter H2506 ? but as his part H3381 is that goeth down [H8802]   [H8675]   H3381   [H8717]   H4421 to the battle H2506 , so shall his part H3427 be that tarrieth [H8802]   H3627 by the stuff H2505 : they shall part [H8799]   H3162 alike.

²⁵ H3117 And it was so from that day H4605 forward H7760 , that he made [H8799]   H2706 it a statute H4941 and an ordinance H3478 for Israel H3117 unto this day.

²⁶ H1732 And when David H935 came [H8799]   H6860 to Ziklag H7971 , he sent [H8762]   H7998 of the spoil H2205 unto the elders H3063 of Judah H7453 , even to his friends H559 , saying [H8800]   H1293 , Behold a present H7998 for you of the spoil H341 of the enemies [H8802]   H3068 of the LORD;

²⁷ H834 To them H1008 which were in Bethel H5045 , and to them which were in south H7418 Ramoth H3492 , and to them which were in Jattir,

²⁸ H6177 And to them which were in Aroer H8224 , and to them which were in Siphmoth H851 , and to them which were in Eshtemoa,

²⁹ H7403 And to them which were in Rachal H5892 , and to them which were in the cities H3397 of the Jerahmeelites H5892 , and to them which were in the cities H7017 of the Kenites,

³⁰ H2767 And to them which were in Hormah H3565 , and to them which were in Chorashan H6269 , and to them which were in Athach,

³¹ H2275 And to them which were in Hebron H4725 , and to all the places H1732 where David H582 himself and his men H1980 were wont to haunt [H8694]  .