1 Samuel 30 NKJV ISV Parallel

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1Now it happened, when David and his men came to Ziklag, on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the South and Ziklag, attacked Ziklag and burned it with fire,

1When David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They had attacked Ziklag and set it on fire.

2and had taken captive the women and those who were there, from small to great; they did not kill anyone, but carried them away and went their way.

2They took the women in it captive, from young to old. They did not kill anyone. Instead, they carried them off and went on their way.

3So David and his men came to the city, and there it was, burned with fire; and their wives, their sons, and their daughters had been taken captive.

3David and his men came to the town, and it had been burned down. Their wives, their sons, and their daughters had been taken captive.

4Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voices and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

4Then David and the people who were with him lifted their voices and cried until they had no more strength left to cry.

5And David’s two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite, had been taken captive.

5David's two wives, Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail, Nabal's former wife, had been captured.

6Now David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in the LORD his God.

6David was in great danger because all the people were bitter because of their sons and daughters, and they were talking about stoning him. But David found strength in the LORD his God.

7Then David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, “Please bring the ephod here to me.” And Abiathar brought the ephod to David.

7David told Ahimelech's son Abiathar the priest, "Bring me the ephod." So Abiathar brought the ephod to David.

8So David inquired of the LORD, saying, “Shall I pursue this troop? Shall I overtake them?” And He answered him, “Pursue, for you shall surely overtake them and without fail recover all.”

8David inquired of the LORD: "Shall I pursue this raiding party? Will I overtake them?" The LORD told David, "Pursue them! You will definitely overtake them and rescue the captives."

9So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the Brook Besor, where those stayed who were left behind.

9So David and 600 men who were with him set out. They came to the Wadi Besor where those who were left behind stayed.

10But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so weary that they could not cross the Brook Besor.

10David and 400 men continued the pursuit, while the 200 men who were too exhausted to cross over the Wadi Besor remained there.

11Then they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David; and they gave him bread and he ate, and they let him drink water.

11They found an Egyptian man in the field, and they took him to David. They gave him food to eat and provided water for him.

12And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs and two clusters of raisins. So when he had eaten, his strength came back to him; for he had eaten no bread nor drunk water for three days and three nights.

12They gave him part of a fig cake and two bunches of raisins. After he had eaten, he revived, since he had neither eaten food nor had he drunk water for three days and three nights.

13Then David said to him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” And he said, “I am a young man from Egypt, servant of an Amalekite; and my master left me behind, because three days ago I fell sick.

13David told him, "To whom do you belong and where are you from?" The Egyptian replied, "I'm a young Egyptian man, the slave of an Amalekite man. My master abandoned me, because I got sick three days ago.

14We made an invasion of the southern area of the Cherethites, in the territory which belongs to Judah, and of the southern area of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.”

14We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, the territory that belongs to Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we set Ziklag on fire."

15And David said to him, “Can you take me down to this troop?” So he said, “Swear to me by God that you will neither kill me nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will take you down to this troop.”

15David asked him, "Will you take me to this raiding party?" He said, "Swear to me by God that you won't kill me or turn me over to my master, and I'll take you to the raiding party."

16And when he had brought him down, there they were, spread out over all the land, eating and drinking and dancing, because of all the great spoil which they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.

16The Egyptian led him to the camp, and there the Amalekites were spread out over the whole area, eating, drinking, and celebrating with the great amount of spoil they had taken from the territory belonging to the Philistines and to Judah.

17Then David attacked them from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode on camels and fled.

17David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day, and not one of them escaped except for 400 young men who mounted camels and fled.

18So David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away, and David rescued his two wives.

18David rescued everyone whom the Amalekites had captured, including his two wives.

19And nothing of theirs was lacking, either small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything which they had taken from them; David recovered all.

19Nothing of theirs was missing, whether small or large, sons or daughters, spoil, or anything that they had taken for themselves—David brought back everything.

20Then David took all the flocks and herds they had driven before those other livestock, and said, “This is David’s spoil.”

20David took all the rest of the sheep and cattle, driving them ahead of their rescued livestock. People said about all this, "This is David's spoil."

21Now David came to the two hundred men who had been so weary that they could not follow David, whom they also had made to stay at the Brook Besor. So they went out to meet David and to meet the people who were with him. And when David came near the people, he greeted them.

21David came to the 200 men who were too exhausted to follow him and who had been left at the Wadi Besor. They came out to meet David and the people who were with him. As David approached the people, he asked them how they were doing.

22Then all the wicked and worthless men of those who went with David answered and said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not give them any of the spoil that we have recovered, except for every man’s wife and children, that they may lead them away and depart.”

22 At this point, all the wicked and worthless men of the group who had gone with David answered, "Because they didn't go with us, we won't give them any of the spoil that we recovered, except that each person may take his wife and his children and go."

23But David said, “My brethren, you shall not do so with what the LORD has given us, who has preserved us and delivered into our hand the troop that came against us.

23David said, "No, you won't do this, my brothers, with what the LORD has given us. He guarded us and gave the raiding party that came against us into our hand.

24For who will heed you in this matter? But as his part is who goes down to the battle, so shall his part be who stays by the supplies; they shall share alike.”

24Who will listen to you in this matter? Indeed, the share of those who went down into battle and the share of those who stayed with the supplies will be the same. They'll share alike."

25So it was, from that day forward; he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.

25From that day forward he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel, and it remains to this present day.

26Now when David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the spoil to the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying, “Here is a present for you from the spoil of the enemies of the LORD”—

26David came to Ziklag, and he sent some of the spoil to the elders of Judah, and to his friends, telling them, "Look, this is a gift for you from the spoil of the enemies of the LORD

27to those who were in Bethel, those who were in Ramoth of the South, those who were in Jattir,

27in Bethel, Ramoth-negev, Jattir,

28those who were in Aroer, those who were in Siphmoth, those who were in Eshtemoa,

28Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa,

29those who were in Rachal, those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, those who were in the cities of the Kenites,

29Rachal, in the Jerahmeelite towns, in the Kenite towns,

30those who were in Hormah, those who were in Chorashan, those who were in Athach,

30in Hormah, Bor-ashan, Athach,

31those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were accustomed to rove.

31Hebron, and for all those places where David and his men had frequented."

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