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1 Samuel 30:3

David
Grief

1 And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;

2 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.

So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.

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 captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

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BSB
When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned down and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.
KJV
So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.
WEB
When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, their sons, and their daughters were taken captive.
ASV
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.
DARBY
And David and his men came to the city, and behold, it was burnt with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters were taken captives.
BLB
And David and his men came to the city, and behold, it was burned with the fire, and their wives and their sons and their daughters had been taken captive.
ÅB
og da David og hans menn kom til byen, fikk de se at den var brent opp, og at deres hustruer og sønner og døtre var tatt til fange.
OTB
Da de kom til byen, fant David og hans menn den brent, og innså at deres koner, sønner og døtre var tatt til fange.
B1930
og da David og hans menn kom til byen, fikk de se at den var brent op, og at deres hustruer og sønner og døtre var tatt til fange.

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  • Psalms 34:19

    Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

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  • Revelation 3:9

    Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.

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  • Hebrews 12:6

    For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

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  • 1 Peter 1:6–7

    Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

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