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1 Samuel 30:12

Mercy and compassionThe stranger and outcast

10 because two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the brook. But David and four hundred men continued in pursuit.

11 Now his men found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David. They gave the man water to drink and food to eat—

a piece of a fig cake and two clusters of raisins. So he ate and was revived, for he had not had any food or water for three days and three nights.

13 Then David asked him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” “I am an Egyptian,” he replied, “the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me three days ago when I fell ill.

14 We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we burned down Ziklag.”

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BSB
a piece of a fig cake and two clusters of raisins. So he ate and was revived, for he had not had any food or water for three days and three nights.
KJV
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.
WEB
They gave him a piece of a cake of figs and two clusters of raisins. When he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, and drank no water for three days and three nights.
ASV
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.
DARBY
and gave him a piece of fig-cake and two raisin-cakes, and he ate, and his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, for three days and three nights.
BLB
And they gave to him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins. And he ate and his strength came back to him, for he had not eaten bread nor drunk water [for] three days and three nights.
ÅB
og dessuten et stykke fikenkake og to rosinkaker, og da han hadde ett, vendte hans livsånd tilbake; for han hadde ikke smakt mat og ikke drukket vann i tre dager og tre netter.
OTB
De ga ham et stykke fikenkake og to klaser rosiner, og etter at han hadde spist, kviknet hans ånd til, for han hadde ikke spist brød eller drukket vann på tre dager og tre netter.
B1930
og dessuten et stykke fikenkake og to rosinkaker, og da han hadde ett, vendte hans livsånd tilbake; for han hadde ikke smakt mat og ikke drukket vann i tre dager og tre netter.

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  • Judges 15:19

    So God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned, and he was revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, and it remains in Lehi to this day.

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  • 1 Samuel 14:27

    Jonathan, however, had not heard that his father had charged the people with the oath. So he reached out the end of the staff in his hand, dipped it into the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes brightened.

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  • Matthew 27:63

    “Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’

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  • 1 Samuel 30:13

    Then David asked him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” “I am an Egyptian,” he replied, “the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me three days ago when I fell ill.

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  • Isaiah 40:29–31

    He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.

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  • Jonah 1:17

    Now the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish.

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  • Esther 4:16

    “Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”

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