¹² they took all the men and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah; and they found him by ^(A)the great pool that is in Gibeon.

¹³ And ^(A)Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out and met them by ^(B)the pool of Gibeon. So they sat down, one on one side of the pool and the other on the other side of the pool.

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.”

¹⁴ Now ^(A)when Abram heard that ^(B)his brother was taken captive, he armed his three hundred and eighteen trained servants who were ^(C)born in his own house, and went in pursuit ^(D)as far as Dan. ¹⁵ He divided his forces against them by night, and he and his servants ^(E)attacked them and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is ^[a]north of Damascus. ¹⁶ So he ^(F)brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the people.

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; ^(A)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.”