1 Samuel 30:1
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David Destroys the Amalekites
30 Three days later, when David and his men arrived home at their town of Ziklag, they found that the Amalekites had made a raid into the Negev and Ziklag; they had crushed Ziklag and burned it to the ground.
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1 Samuel 15:7
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7 Then Saul slaughtered the Amalekites from Havilah all the way to Shur, east of Egypt.
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1 Samuel 29:11
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11 So David and his men headed back into the land of the Philistines, while the Philistine army went on to Jezreel.
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1 Samuel 29:4
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4 But the Philistine commanders were angry. “Send him back to the town you’ve given him!” they demanded. “He can’t go into the battle with us. What if he turns against us in battle and becomes our adversary? Is there any better way for him to reconcile himself with his master than by handing our heads over to him?
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1 Samuel 27:8-10
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8 David and his men spent their time raiding the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites—people who had lived near Shur, toward the land of Egypt, since ancient times. 9 David did not leave one person alive in the villages he attacked. He took the sheep, goats, cattle, donkeys, camels, and clothing before returning home to see King Achish.
10 “Where did you make your raid today?” Achish would ask.
And David would reply, “Against the south of Judah, the Jerahmeelites, and the Kenites.”
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2 Samuel 1:2
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2 On the third day a man arrived from Saul’s army camp. He had torn his clothes and put dirt on his head to show that he was in mourning. He fell to the ground before David in deep respect.
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Joshua 11:6
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6 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them. By this time tomorrow I will hand all of them over to Israel as dead men. Then you must cripple their horses and burn their chariots.”
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Genesis 24:62
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62 Meanwhile, Isaac, whose home was in the Negev, had returned from Beer-lahai-roi.
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