1 Samuel 30
American Standard Version
30 And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid upon the South, and upon Ziklag, and had smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire, 2 and had taken captive the women and all that were therein, both small and great: they slew not any, but carried them off, and went their way. 3 And when David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captive. 4 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep. 5 And David’s two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. 6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David strengthened himself in Jehovah his God.
7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David. 8 And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, [a]If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue; for thou shalt surely overtake them, and shalt without fail recover all. 9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed. 10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
11 And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they gave him water to drink; 12 and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights. 13 And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick. 14 We made a raid upon the South of the Cherethites, and upon that which belongeth to Judah, and upon the South of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire. 15 And David said to him, Wilt thou bring me down to this troop? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this troop.
16 And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the ground, eating and drinking, and dancing, [b]because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah. 17 And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, who rode upon camels and fled. 18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives. 19 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor anything that they had taken to them: David brought back all. 20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other cattle, and said, This is David’s spoil.
21 And David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom also they had made to abide at the brook Besor; and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near [c]to the people, he [d]saluted them. 22 Then answered all the wicked men and base fellows, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them aught of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that he may lead them away, and depart. 23 Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which Jehovah hath given unto us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand. 24 And who will hearken unto you in this matter? for as his share is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his share be that tarrieth by the baggage: they shall share alike. 25 And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.
26 And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold, a [e]present for you of the spoil of the enemies of Jehovah: 27 to them that were in Beth-el, and to them that were in Ramoth of the South, and to them that were in Jattir, 28 and to them that were in Aroer, and to them that were in Siphmoth, and to them that were in Eshtemoa, 29 and to them that were in Racal, and to them that were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them that were in the cities of the Kenites, 30 and to them that were in Hormah, and to them that were in Bor-ashan, and to them that were in Athach, 31 and to them that were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 30:8 Or, Shall I pursue
- 1 Samuel 30:16 Or, amidst
- 1 Samuel 30:21 Or, with
- 1 Samuel 30:21 Or, asked them of their welfare
- 1 Samuel 30:26 Hebrew blessing.
1 Samuel 30
New King James Version
David’s Conflict with the Amalekites
30 Now it happened, when David and his men came to (A)Ziklag, on the third day, that the (B)Amalekites had invaded the South and Ziklag, attacked Ziklag and burned it with fire, 2 and had taken captive the (C)women and those who were there, from small to great; they did not kill anyone, but carried them away and went their way. 3 So 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. 4 Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voices and wept, until they had no more power to weep. 5 And David’s two (D)wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite, had been taken captive. 6 Now David was greatly distressed, for (E)the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was [a]grieved, every man for his sons and his daughters. (F)But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.
7 (G)Then David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, “Please bring the ephod here to me.” And (H)Abiathar brought the ephod to David. 8 (I)So 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.”
9 So 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. 10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men; (J)for two hundred stayed behind, who were so weary that they could not cross the Brook Besor.
11 Then 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. 12 And they gave him a piece of (K)a cake of figs and two clusters of raisins. So (L)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. 13 Then 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. 14 We made an invasion of the southern area of (M)the Cherethites, in the territory which belongs to Judah, and of the southern area (N)of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.”
15 And 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 (O)master, and I will take you down to this troop.”
16 And when he had brought him down, there they were, spread out over all the land, (P)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. 17 Then 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. 18 So David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away, and David rescued his two wives. 19 And nothing of theirs was lacking, either small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything which they had taken from them; (Q)David recovered all. 20 Then David took all the flocks and herds they had driven before those other livestock, and said, “This is David’s spoil.”
21 Now David came to the (R)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 [b]greeted them. 22 Then all the wicked and (S)worthless[c] 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.”
23 But 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. 24 For who will heed you in this matter? But (T)as his part is who goes down to the battle, so shall his part be who stays by the supplies; they shall share alike.” 25 So it was, from that day forward; he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.
26 Now when David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the [d]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”— 27 to those who were in Bethel, those who were in (U)Ramoth of the South, those who were in (V)Jattir, 28 those who were in (W)Aroer, those who were in (X)Siphmoth, those who were in (Y)Eshtemoa, 29 those who were in Rachal, those who were in the cities of (Z)the Jerahmeelites, those who were in the cities of the (AA)Kenites, 30 those who were in (AB)Hormah, those who were in [e]Chorashan, those who were in Athach, 31 those who were in (AC)Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were accustomed to (AD)rove.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 30:6 Lit. bitter
- 1 Samuel 30:21 asked them concerning their welfare
- 1 Samuel 30:22 Lit. men of Belial
- 1 Samuel 30:26 booty
- 1 Samuel 30:30 Or Borashan
1 Samuel 30
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David îi învinge pe amalekiţi
30 Când David şi oamenii săi au sosit a treia zi la Ţiklag, amalekiţii invadaseră Neghevul[a] şi Ţiklagul; capturaseră Ţiklagul şi îi dăduseră foc. 2 Au luat captive femeile şi pe toţi aceia care se aflau în cetate, de la copii până la bătrâni. N-au ucis pe nimeni, ci doar i-au luat cu ei şi au plecat. 3 Când David şi oamenii lui au ajuns la cetate, au găsit-o arsă, iar pe soţiile, pe fiii şi pe fiicele lor – duşi în captivitate. 4 David şi oamenii care erau cu el au plâns în hohote până ce n-au mai avut putere să plângă. 5 Au fost luate captive şi cele două soţii ale lui David: Ahinoam din Izreel şi Abigail, văduva lui Nabal, din Carmel. 6 David s-a aflat într-o mare strâmtorare, căci bărbaţii vorbeau să-l ucidă cu pietre, deoarece toţi aveau sufletul mâhnit, fiecare pentru fiii şi fiicele lui. Însă David s-a întărit în Domnul, Dumnezeul lui.
7 David i-a spus preotului Abiatar, fiul lui Ahimelek:
– Adu-mi, te rog, efodul!
Abiatar a adus efodul la David. 8 David L-a întrebat pe Domnul:
– Să urmăresc ceata aceasta? O voi ajunge?
– Urmăreşte-o, i-a răspuns Domnul, căci o vei ajunge şi vei da izbăvire.
9 David a plecat cu cei şase sute de bărbaţi care erau cu el şi au ajuns la uedul[b] Besor, unde s-au oprit cei ce rămâneau în urmă. 10 David a continuat urmărirea cu patru sute de bărbaţi, iar ceilalţi două sute, fiind prea istoviţi să treacă uedul Besor, s-au oprit. 11 Au găsit un egiptean pe câmp şi l-au adus la David. I-au dat de mâncare şi el a mâncat; apoi i-au dat apă. 12 I-au dat o parte dintr-o turtă de smochine şi două mănunchiuri de stafide. După ce a mâncat, i-au revenit puterile căci nu mâncase şi nu băuse apă de trei zile şi trei nopţi. 13 David l-a întrebat:
– Al cui eşti şi de unde vii?
Tânărul a răspuns:
– Sunt egiptean şi sunt sclavul unui amalekit. Stăpânul meu m-a părăsit în urmă cu trei zile pentru că m-am îmbolnăvit. 14 Am invadat Neghevul[c] cheretiţilor, pe cel al lui Iuda şi Neghevul lui Caleb şi am dat foc Ţiklagului. 15 Atunci David l-a întrebat:
– Poţi să mă duci până la această ceată?
Egipteanul i-a zis:
– Jură-mi pe Dumnezeu că nu mă vei ucide şi că nu mă vei preda în mâna stăpânului meu şi atunci te voi duce la ceata aceasta.
16 L-a dus acolo şi iată că aceştia erau împrăştiaţi peste tot, mâncând, bând şi chefuind datorită marii prăzi pe care o luaseră din ţara filistenilor şi din ţara lui Iuda. 17 David i-a zdrobit din amurg până în seara zilei următoare; n-a scăpat nici un bărbat dintre ei, în afară de patru sute de tineri care au încălecat pe cămile şi au fugit. 18 David a recuperat tot ceea ce luaseră amalekiţii şi le-a salvat şi pe cele două soţii ale lui. 19 Nu le lipsea nimic, nici tânăr nici bătrân, nici fii nici fiice, nimic din pradă, nimic din ceea ce li se luase. David a adus înapoi totul. 20 David a luat toate oile şi vitele; oamenii lui conduceau turma aceasta mergând în fruntea ei şi spuneau: „Aceasta este prada lui David.“ 21 David a ajuns la cei două sute de bărbaţi care fuseseră prea istoviţi pentru a-l urma şi care fuseseră lăsaţi la uedul Besor. Aceştia au ieşit în întâmpinarea lui David şi a poporului care era cu el. David s-a apropiat de ei şi i-a salutat. 22 Toţi oamenii răi şi nelegiuiţi dintre cei care merseseră cu David au zis:
– Pentru că n-au mers împreună cu noi, nu le vom da din prada pe care am recuperat-o. Fiecare însă poate să-şi ia soţia şi copiii şi să plece.
23 Dar David le-a zis:
– Să nu faceţi aşa, fraţilor, cu ceea ce ne-a dat Domnul, căci El ne-a păzit şi a dat în mâinile noastre ceata de invadatori care venise împotriva noastră. 24 Oricum, cine are să vă asculte în privinţa aceasta? Aceeaşi parte o vor avea şi cei care au fost în luptă şi cei care au rămas la bagaje. Toţi vor împărţi la fel.
25 Aşa a fost începând din ziua aceea. David a făcut din aceasta o lege şi o hotărâre în Israel până astăzi. 26 După ce a sosit la Ţiklag, David a trimis din pradă celor din sfatul bătrânilor lui Iuda, prietenii săi, spunându-le: „Iată pentru voi un dar din prada luată de la duşmanii Domnului.“
27 A trimis şi celor din Betel, celor din Ramot-Negev, celor din Iatir, 28 celor din Aroer, celor din Sifmot, celor din Eştemoa, 29 celor din Racal, celor din cetăţile ierahmeeliţilor şi celor din cetăţile cheniţilor, 30 celor din Horma, celor din
Bor-Aşan şi celor din Atac, 31 celor din Hebron şi celor din toate locurile pe care le-a cutreierat David şi oamenii săi.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 30:1 Vezi nota de la 27:10
- 1 Samuel 30:9 Vezi nota de la 17:40; şi în vs. 10, 21
- 1 Samuel 30:14 Vezi nota de la 27:10
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