¹⁴ So Abram heard that ^(A)his ^[a]relative had been taken captive, and he ^[b]led out his trained men, ^(B)born in his house, 318 in number, and went in pursuit as far as ^(C)Dan. ^15 (D)And he divided ^[c]his men against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is ^[d]north of ^(E)Damascus. ¹⁶ And he ^(F)brought back all the possessions, and he also brought back ^(G)his ^[e]relative Lot with his possessions and also the women and the people.

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; ² and they took captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great—^(D)they did not put anyone to death—and carried them off and went their way. ³ Then David and his men came to the city, and behold, it was burned with fire, and their wives and their sons and their daughters had been taken captive. ⁴ So David and the people who were with him ^(E)lifted their voices and wept until there was no strength in them to weep. ⁵ Now ^(F)David’s two wives had been taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the ^[b]widow of Nabal the Carmelite. ⁶ Moreover David was greatly distressed because ^(G)the people said to stone him, for all the people were ^[c]embittered, each one because of his sons and his daughters. But ^(H)David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.

⁷ Then ^(I)David said to ^(J)Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Please bring the ephod near to me.” So Abiathar brought the ephod near to David. ^8 (K)And David asked of Yahweh, saying, “^(L)Shall I pursue this band? Shall I overtake them?” And He said to him, “Pursue, for you will surely overtake them, ^(M)and you will surely deliver all.”

¹⁸ So David ^(A)delivered all that the Amalekites had taken and ^[a]delivered his two wives.

²⁰ And David took all the sheep and the cattle which the people drove ahead of ^[a]the other livestock, and they said, “^(A)This is David’s spoil.”