1 Samuel 30:2
1 On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.
They had taken captive the women and all who were there, both young and old. They had not killed anyone, but had carried them off as they went on their way.
3 When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned down and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.
4 So David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep.
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- BSB
- They had taken captive the women and all who were there, both young and old. They had not killed anyone, but had carried them off as they went on their way.
- KJV
- And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.
- WEB
- and had taken captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great. They didn’t kill any, but carried them off and went their way.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- and had taken the women captives that were in it; both great and small: they had put none to death, but had carried them off, and went on their way.
- BLB
- and they took captive the women [and all] those who [were] in it, from small and to great. They did not kill anyone, and they carried [them] off and went on their way.
- ÅB
- Og kvinnene og alle som var der, både små og store, hadde de tatt til fange; de hadde ikke drept noen, men hadde ført dem bort og hadde draget sin vei,
- OTB
- Og de tok kvinnene og alle som var der, både små og store, til fange, uten å drepe noen, og drev dem bort og dro sin vei.
- B1930
- Og kvinnene og alle som var der, både små og store, hadde de tatt til fange; de hadde ikke drept nogen, men hadde ført dem bort og hadde draget sin vei,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Samuel 27:11
David did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he said, “Otherwise they will report us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” And this was David’s custom the whole time he lived in Philistine territory.
Read in contextIsaiah 27:8–9
By warfare and exile You contended with her and removed her with a fierce wind, as on the day the east wind blows.
Read in context1 Samuel 30:19
Nothing was missing, young or old, son or daughter, or any of the plunder the Amalekites had taken. David brought everything back.
Read in contextPsalms 76:10
Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself.
Read in contextJob 38:11
and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?
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