David Strikes Down the Amalekites

30 Then it happened when David and his men came to ^(A)Ziklag on the third day, that ^(B)the Amalekites had made a raid on the ^[a]Negev and on ^(C)Ziklag and had struck Ziklag and burned it with fire;

¹⁷ Then David struck them ^(A)down from the twilight ^[a]until the evening of ^[b]the next day; and not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode on ^(B)camels and fled.

²⁶ Then David came to Ziklag and sent some of the spoil to the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying, “Behold, ^(A)a ^[a]gift for you from the spoil of ^(B)the enemies of Yahweh: