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Then David and the men[a] who were with him wept loudly[b] until they could weep no more.[c] David’s two wives had been taken captive—Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail the Carmelite, Nabal’s widow. David was very upset, for the men[d] were thinking of stoning him;[e] each man grieved bitterly[f] over his sons and daughters. But David drew strength from the Lord his God.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 30:4 tn Heb “people.”
  2. 1 Samuel 30:4 tn Heb “lifted up their voice and wept.”
  3. 1 Samuel 30:4 tn Heb “until there was no longer in them strength to weep.”
  4. 1 Samuel 30:6 tn Heb “people.”
  5. 1 Samuel 30:6 tn Heb “said to stone him.”
  6. 1 Samuel 30:6 tn Heb “for bitter was the soul of all the people, each one.”