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    1 Samuel · 31 verses

    1 Samuel 30

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    A starving Egyptian is fed fig cake and raisins, then leads David to a feast of raiders—provided David first swears not to kill him or return him to his master.

    A city burned, and a pursuit begunvv. 1–10

    David and his men return to Ziklag to find it burned and their families carried away. The whole company weeps until there is no strength left, and David faces talk of stoning. Then he asks the LORD through Abiathar, receives permission to pursue, and sets off with six hundred men—though two hundred stop at the Brook of Besor, exhausted before the crossing.

    The Egyptian with the useful oathvv. 11–20

    In a field, David’s men find an Egyptian slave abandoned by his Amalekite master after three days without food or water. A piece of fig cake and two clusters of raisins restore him sufficiently to negotiate: he will guide David, but only after an oath that he will not be killed or handed back. The guide leads them to the Amalekites at their celebration, where the feast proves to have been rather prematurely timed. David strikes them until the next evening and brings back every person and every piece of plunder.

    The share of the wearyvv. 21–31

    At the Brook of Besor, the two hundred who stayed behind meet the returning force. Some of David’s men propose that the weary should receive only their families, but David rejects the arrangement: the fighters and the keepers of the supplies will share alike. Having made that the rule, he sends gifts from the plunder to the elders of Judah and to the places where he and his men had roamed—a remarkably wide circle of thank-you notes, written in livestock.

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    1. 1 Sam 30:1On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.

    2. 1 Sam 30:2They had taken captive the women and all who were there, both young and old. They had not killed anyone, but had carried them off as they went on their way.

    3. 1 Sam 30:3When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned down and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.

    4. 1 Sam 30:4So David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep.

    5. 1 Sam 30:5David’s two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel, had been taken captive.

    6. 1 Sam 30:6And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.

    7. 1 Sam 30:7Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought it to him,

    8. 1 Sam 30:8and David inquired of the LORD: “Should I pursue these raiders? Will I overtake them?” “Pursue them,” the LORD replied, “for you will surely overtake them and rescue the captives.”

    9. 1 Sam 30:9So David and his six hundred men went to the Brook of Besor, where some stayed behind

    10. 1 Sam 30:10because two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the brook. But David and four hundred men continued in pursuit.

    11. 1 Sam 30:11Now his men found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David. They gave the man water to drink and food to eat—

    12. 1 Sam 30:12a piece of a fig cake and two clusters of raisins. So he ate and was revived, for he had not had any food or water for three days and three nights.

    13. 1 Sam 30:13Then David asked him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” “I am an Egyptian,” he replied, “the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me three days ago when I fell ill.

    14. 1 Sam 30:14We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we burned down Ziklag.”

    15. 1 Sam 30:15“Will you lead me to these raiders?” David asked. And the man replied, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hand of my master, and I will lead you to them.”

    16. 1 Sam 30:16So he led David down, and there were the Amalekites spread out over all the land, eating, drinking, and celebrating the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.

    17. 1 Sam 30:17And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.

    18. 1 Sam 30:18So David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.

    19. 1 Sam 30:19Nothing was missing, young or old, son or daughter, or any of the plunder the Amalekites had taken. David brought everything back.

    20. 1 Sam 30:20And he took all the flocks and herds, which his men drove ahead of the other livestock, calling out, “This is David’s plunder!”

    21. 1 Sam 30:21When David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him and who were left behind at the Brook of Besor, they came out to meet him and the troops with him. As David approached the men, he greeted them,

    22. 1 Sam 30:22but all the wicked and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered, except for each man’s wife and children. They may take them and go.”

    23. 1 Sam 30:23But David said, “My brothers, you must not do this with what the LORD has given us. He has protected us and delivered into our hands the raiders who came against us.

    24. 1 Sam 30:24Who will listen to your proposal? The share of the one who went to battle will match the share of the one who stayed with the supplies. They will share alike.”

    25. 1 Sam 30:25And so it has been from that day forward. David established this statute and ordinance for Israel to this very day.

    26. 1 Sam 30:26When David arrived in Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a gift for you from the plunder of the LORD’s enemies.”

    27. 1 Sam 30:27He sent gifts to those in Bethel, Ramoth Negev, and Jattir;

    28. 1 Sam 30:28to those in Aroer, Siphmoth, and Eshtemoa;

    29. 1 Sam 30:29to those in Racal and in the cities of the Jerahmeelites and Kenites;

    30. 1 Sam 30:30to those in Hormah, Bor-ashan, and Athach;

    31. 1 Sam 30:31and to those in Hebron and in all the places where David and his men had roamed.

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    • 81 Samuel 30:18So David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.
    • 6Psalms 56:3–4When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.
    • 81 Samuel 23:2So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go and attack these Philistines?” And the LORD said to David, “Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah.”
    • 8Proverbs 3:5–6Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
    • 6Psalms 56:11in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
    • 82 Samuel 5:19So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go up,” replied the LORD, “for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
    • 8Psalms 91:15When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
    • 82 Samuel 5:23So David inquired of the LORD, who answered, “Do not march straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.
    • 8Judges 20:23They went up and wept before the LORD until evening, inquiring of Him, “Should we again draw near for battle against our brothers the Benjamites?” And the LORD answered, “Go up against them.”
    • 8Psalms 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
    • 81 Samuel 23:10–12And David said, “O LORD, God of Israel, Your servant has heard that Saul intends to come to Keilah and destroy the city on my account.
    • 6Exodus 17:4Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!”
    • 6Hebrews 13:6So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”
    • 24Numbers 31:27Then divide the captives between the troops who went out to battle and the rest of the congregation.
    • 24Joshua 22:8saying, “Return to your homes with your great wealth, with immense herds of livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, iron, and very many clothes. Divide with your brothers the spoil of your enemies.”
    • 6Romans 4:18Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”

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