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World English Bible

1 Samuel 30 (WEBP)

[1] When David and his men had come to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid on the South and on Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag and burned it with fire,
[2] 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.
[3] 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.
[4] Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept until they had no more power to weep.
[5] David’s two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
[6] David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.
[7] David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Please bring the ephod here to me.” Abiathar brought the ephod to David.
[8] David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “If I pursue after this troop, will I overtake them?” He answered him, “Pursue, for you will surely overtake them, and will without fail recover all.”
[9] So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed.
[10] But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they couldn’t go over the brook Besor.
[11] They found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink.
[12] 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.
[13] David asked him, “To whom do you belong? Where are you from?” He said, “I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I got sick.
[14] We made a raid on the South of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the South of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.”
[15] David said to him, “Will you bring me down to this troop?” He said, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me and not deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this troop.”
[16] When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread around over all the ground, eating, drinking, and dancing, because of all the great plunder that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
[17] David struck them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day. Not a man of them escaped from there, except four hundred young men who rode on camels and fled.
[18] David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and David rescued his two wives.
[19] There was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither plunder, nor anything that they had taken. David brought them all back.
[20] David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other livestock, and said, “This is David’s plunder.”
[21] David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom also they had made to stay at the brook Besor; and they went out to meet David, and to meet the people who were with him. When David came near to the people, he greeted them.
[22] Then all the wicked men and worthless fellows of those who went with David answered and said, “Because they didn’t go with us, we will not give them anything of the plunder that we have recovered, except to every man his wife and his children, that he may lead them away and depart.”
[23] Then David said, “Do not do so, my brothers, with that which Yahweh has given to us, who has preserved us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand.
[24] Who will listen to you in this matter? For as his share is who goes down to the battle, so shall his share be who stays with the baggage. They shall share alike.”
[25] It was so from that day forward that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.
[26] When David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, “Behold, a present for you from the plunder of Yahweh’s enemies.”
[27] He sent it to those who were in Bethel, to those who were in Ramoth of the South, to those who were in Jattir,
[28] to those who were in Aroer, to those who were in Siphmoth, to those who were in Eshtemoa,
[29] to those who were in Racal, to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, to those who were in the cities of the Kenites,
[30] to those who were in Hormah, to those who were in Borashan, to those who were in Athach,
[31] to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men used to stay.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

1 Samuel 30 (KJVS)

[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.
[3] 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.
[6] And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.
[7] And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.
[8] And David enquired at the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.
[9] So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.
[10] But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
[11] And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;
[12] 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.
[13] And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.
[14] We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.
[15] And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.
[16] And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
[17] And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.
[18] And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.
[19] And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all.
[20] And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David’s spoil.
[21] And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.
[22] Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.
[23] Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the Lord hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.
[24] For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.
[25] And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.
[26] And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the Lord;
[27] to them which were in Beth-el, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,
[28] and to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa,
[29] and to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites,
[30] and to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chor-ashan, and to them which were in Athach,
[31] and to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.

1 Samuel 30:6 Heb. bitter
1 Samuel 30:17 Heb. their morrow
1 Samuel 30:21 Or, asked them how they did
1 Samuel 30:22 Heb. men
1 Samuel 30:25 Heb. and forward
1 Samuel 30:26 Heb. blessing

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Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

1 Samuel 30 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἐγενήθη () εἰσελθόντος () Δαυιδ () καὶ () τῶν () ἀνδρῶν () αὐτοῦ () εἰς () Σεκελακ τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () τῇ () τρίτῃ, () καὶ () Αμαληκ ἐπέθετο () ἐπὶ () τὸν () νότον () καὶ () ἐπὶ () Σεκελακ καὶ () ἐπάταξεν () τὴν () Σεκελακ καὶ () ἐνεπύρισεν αὐτὴν () ἐν () πυρί· ()
[2] καὶ () τὰς () γυναῖκας () καὶ () πάντα () τὰ () ἐν () αὐτῇ () ἀπὸ () μικροῦ () ἕως () μεγάλου () οὐκ () ἐθανάτωσαν () ἄνδρα () καὶ () γυναῖκα, () ἀλλ’ () ᾐχμαλώτευσαν () καὶ () ἀπῆλθον () εἰς () τὴν () ὁδὸν () αὐτῶν. ()
[3] Καὶ () ἦλθεν () Δαυιδ () καὶ () οἱ () ἄνδρες () αὐτοῦ () εἰς () τὴν () πόλιν, () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () ἐμπεπύρισται ἐν () πυρί, () αἱ () δὲ () γυναῖκες () αὐτῶν () καὶ () οἱ () υἱοὶ () αὐτῶν () καὶ () αἱ () θυγατέρες () αὐτῶν () ᾐχμαλωτευμένοι. ()
[4] Καὶ () ἦρεν () Δαυιδ () καὶ () οἱ () ἄνδρες () αὐτοῦ () τὴν () φωνὴν () αὐτῶν () καὶ () ἔκλαυσαν, () ἕως () ὅτου () οὐκ () ἦν () ἐν () αὐτοῖς () ἰσχὺς () ἔτι () κλαίειν. ()
[5] Καὶ () ἀμφότεραι () αἱ () γυναῖκες () Δαυιδ () ᾐχμαλωτεύθησαν, () Αχινοομ ἡ () Ιεζραηλῖτις καὶ () Αβιγαια ἡ () γυνὴ () Ναβαλ τοῦ () Καρμηλίου.
[6] Καὶ () ἐθλίβη () Δαυιδ () σφόδρα, () ὅτι () εἶπεν () ὁ () λαὸς () λιθοβολῆσαι () αὐτόν, () ὅτι () κατώδυνος ψυχὴ () παντὸς () τοῦ () λαοῦ, () ἑκάστου () ἐπὶ () τοὺς () υἱοὺς () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἐπὶ () τὰς () θυγατέρας () αὐτοῦ· () καὶ () ἐκραταιώθη () Δαυιδ () ἐν () κυρίῳ () θεῷ () αὐτοῦ. ()
[7] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Δαυιδ () πρὸς () Αβιαθαρ () τὸν () ἱερέα () υἱὸν () Αχιμελεχ Προσάγαγε () τὸ () εφουδ.
[8] Καὶ () ἐπηρώτησεν () Δαυιδ () διὰ () τοῦ () κυρίου () λέγων () Εἰ () καταδιώξω () ὀπίσω () τοῦ () γεδδουρ τούτου; () Εἰ () καταλήμψομαι () αὐτούς; () Καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ () Καταδίωκε, () ὅτι () καταλαμβάνων () καταλήμψῃ () καὶ () ἐξαιρούμενος () ἐξελῇ. ()
[9] Καὶ () ἐπορεύθη () Δαυιδ, () αὐτὸς () καὶ () οἱ () ἑξακόσιοι () ἄνδρες () μετ’ () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἔρχονται () ἕως () τοῦ () χειμάρρου () Βοσορ, () καὶ () οἱ () περισσοὶ ἔστησαν. ()
[10] Καὶ () κατεδίωξεν () ἐν () τετρακοσίοις () ἀνδράσιν, () ὑπέστησαν δὲ () διακόσιοι () ἄνδρες, () οἵτινες () ἐκάθισαν () πέραν () τοῦ () χειμάρρου () τοῦ () Βοσορ. ()
[11] Καὶ () εὑρίσκουσιν () ἄνδρα () Αἰγύπτιον () ἐν () ἀγρῷ () καὶ () λαμβάνουσιν () αὐτὸν () καὶ () ἄγουσιν () αὐτὸν () πρὸς () Δαυιδ () ἐν () ἀγρῷ· () καὶ () διδόασιν () αὐτῷ () ἄρτον, () καὶ () ἔφαγεν, () καὶ () ἐπότισαν () αὐτὸν () ὕδωρ· ()
[12] καὶ () διδόασιν () αὐτῷ () κλάσμα () παλάθης, καὶ () ἔφαγεν, () καὶ () κατέστη () τὸ () πνεῦμα () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () αὐτῷ, () ὅτι () οὐ () βεβρώκει () ἄρτον () καὶ () οὐ () πεπώκει () ὕδωρ () τρεῖς () ἡμέρας () καὶ () τρεῖς () νύκτας. ()
[13] Καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ () Δαυιδ () Τίνος () σὺ () εἶ () καὶ () πόθεν () εἶ; () Καὶ () εἶπεν () τὸ () παιδάριον () τὸ () Αἰγύπτιον () Ἐγώ () εἰμι () δοῦλος () ἀνδρὸς () Αμαληκίτου, καὶ () κατέλιπέν () με () ὁ () κύριός () μου, () ὅτι () ἠνωχλήθην () ἐγὼ () σήμερον () τριταῖος.
[14] Καὶ () ἡμεῖς () ἐπεθέμεθα () ἐπὶ () νότον () τοῦ () Χολθι καὶ () ἐπὶ () τὰ () τῆς () Ιουδαίας () μέρη () καὶ () ἐπὶ () νότον () Χελουβ καὶ () τὴν () Σεκελακ ἐνεπυρίσαμεν ἐν () πυρί. ()
[15] Καὶ () εἶπεν () πρὸς () αὐτὸν () Δαυιδ () Εἰ () κατάξεις () με () ἐπὶ () τὸ () γεδδουρ τοῦτο; () Καὶ () εἶπεν () Ὄμοσον () δή () μοι () κατὰ () τοῦ () θεοῦ () μὴ () θανατώσειν () με () καὶ () μὴ () παραδοῦναί () με () εἰς () χεῖρας () τοῦ () κυρίου () μου, () καὶ () κατάξω () σε () ἐπὶ () τὸ () γεδδουρ τοῦτο. ()
[16] Καὶ () κατήγαγεν () αὐτὸν () ἐκεῖ, () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () οὗτοι () διακεχυμένοι ἐπὶ () πρόσωπον () πάσης () τῆς () γῆς () ἐσθίοντες () καὶ () πίνοντες () καὶ () ἑορτάζοντες () ἐν () πᾶσι () τοῖς () σκύλοις () τοῖς () μεγάλοις, () οἷς () ἔλαβον () ἐκ () γῆς () ἀλλοφύλων () καὶ () ἐκ () γῆς () Ιουδα.
[17] Καὶ () ἦλθεν () ἐπ’ () αὐτοὺς () Δαυιδ () καὶ () ἐπάταξεν () αὐτοὺς () ἀπὸ () ἑωσφόρου ἕως () δείλης καὶ () τῇ () ἐπαύριον, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἐσώθη () ἐξ () αὐτῶν () ἀνὴρ () ὅτι () ἀλλ’ () ἢ () τετρακόσια () παιδάρια, () ἃ () ἦν () ἐπιβεβηκότα () ἐπὶ () τὰς () καμήλους () καὶ () ἔφυγον. ()
[18] Καὶ () ἀφείλατο () Δαυιδ () πάντα, () ἃ () ἔλαβον () οἱ () Αμαληκῖται, καὶ () ἀμφοτέρας () τὰς () γυναῖκας () αὐτοῦ () ἐξείλατο. ()
[19] Καὶ () οὐ () διεφώνησεν αὐτοῖς () ἀπὸ () μικροῦ () ἕως () μεγάλου () καὶ () ἀπὸ () τῶν () σκύλων () καὶ () ἕως () υἱῶν () καὶ () θυγατέρων () καὶ () ἕως () πάντων, () ὧν () ἔλαβον () αὐτῶν· () τὰ () πάντα () ἐπέστρεψεν () Δαυιδ. ()
[20] Καὶ () ἔλαβεν () Δαυιδ () πάντα () τὰ () ποίμνια () καὶ () τὰ () βουκόλια καὶ () ἀπήγαγεν () ἔμπροσθεν () τῶν () σκύλων, () καὶ () τοῖς () σκύλοις () ἐκείνοις () ἐλέγετο () Ταῦτα () τὰ () σκῦλα () Δαυιδ. ()—
[21] καὶ () παραγίνεται () Δαυιδ () πρὸς () τοὺς () διακοσίους () ἄνδρας () τοὺς () ἐκλυθέντας () τοῦ () πορεύεσθαι () ὀπίσω () Δαυιδ () καὶ () ἐκάθισεν () αὐτοὺς () ἐν () τῷ () χειμάρρῳ () τῷ () Βοσορ, () καὶ () ἐξῆλθον () εἰς () ἀπάντησιν () Δαυιδ () καὶ () εἰς () ἀπάντησιν () τοῦ () λαοῦ () τοῦ () μετ’ () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () προσήγαγεν () Δαυιδ () ἕως () τοῦ () λαοῦ, () καὶ () ἠρώτησαν () αὐτὸν () τὰ () εἰς () εἰρήνην. ()
[22] Καὶ () ἀπεκρίθη () πᾶς () ἀνὴρ () λοιμὸς () καὶ () πονηρὸς () τῶν () ἀνδρῶν () τῶν () πολεμιστῶν τῶν () πορευθέντων () μετὰ () Δαυιδ () καὶ () εἶπαν () Ὅτι () οὐ () κατεδίωξαν () μεθ’ () ἡμῶν, () οὐ () δώσομεν () αὐτοῖς () ἐκ () τῶν () σκύλων, () ὧν () ἐξειλάμεθα, () ὅτι () ἀλλ’ () ἢ () ἕκαστος () τὴν () γυναῖκα () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τὰ () τέκνα () αὐτοῦ () ἀπαγέσθωσαν () καὶ () ἀποστρεφέτωσαν. ()
[23] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Δαυιδ () Οὐ () ποιήσετε () οὕτως () μετὰ () τὸ () παραδοῦναι () τὸν () κύριον () ἡμῖν () καὶ () φυλάξαι () ἡμᾶς () καὶ () παρέδωκεν () κύριος () τὸν () γεδδουρ τὸν () ἐπερχόμενον () ἐφ’ () ἡμᾶς () εἰς () χεῖρας () ἡμῶν. ()
[24] Καὶ () τίς () ὑπακούσεται () ὑμῶν () τῶν () λόγων () τούτων; () Ὅτι () οὐχ () ἧττον () ὑμῶν () εἰσιν· () διότι () κατὰ () τὴν () μερίδα () τοῦ () καταβαίνοντος () εἰς () πόλεμον () οὕτως () ἔσται () ἡ () μερὶς () τοῦ () καθημένου () ἐπὶ () τὰ () σκεύη· () κατὰ () τὸ () αὐτὸ () μεριοῦνται. ()
[25] Καὶ () ἐγενήθη () ἀπὸ () τῆς () ἡμέρας () ἐκείνης () καὶ () ἐπάνω () καὶ () ἐγένετο () εἰς () πρόσταγμα καὶ () εἰς () δικαίωμα () τῷ () Ισραηλ () ἕως () τῆς () σήμερον. ()
[26] Καὶ () ἦλθεν () Δαυιδ () εἰς () Σεκελακ καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () τοῖς () πρεσβυτέροις () Ιουδα τῶν () σκύλων () καὶ () τοῖς () πλησίον () αὐτοῦ () λέγων () Ἰδοὺ () ἀπὸ () τῶν () σκύλων () τῶν () ἐχθρῶν () κυρίου· ()
[27] τοῖς () ἐν () Βαιθσουρ καὶ () τοῖς () ἐν () Ραμα () νότου () καὶ () τοῖς () ἐν () Ιεθθορ
[28] καὶ () τοῖς () ἐν () Αροηρ καὶ () τοῖς () Αμμαδι καὶ () τοῖς () ἐν () Σαφι καὶ () τοῖς () ἐν () Εσθιε καὶ () τοῖς () ἐν () Γεθ καὶ () τοῖς () ἐν () Κιναν καὶ () τοῖς () ἐν () Σαφεκ καὶ () τοῖς () ἐν () Θιμαθ
[29] καὶ () τοῖς () ἐν () Καρμήλῳ καὶ () τοῖς () ἐν () ταῖς () πόλεσιν () τοῦ () Ιεραμηλι καὶ () τοῖς () ἐν () ταῖς () πόλεσιν () τοῦ () Κενεζι
[30] καὶ () τοῖς () ἐν () Ιεριμουθ καὶ () τοῖς () ἐν () Βηρσαβεε καὶ () τοῖς () ἐν () Νοο
[31] καὶ () τοῖς () ἐν () Χεβρων καὶ () εἰς () πάντας () τοὺς () τόπους, () οὓς () διῆλθεν () Δαυιδ () ἐκεῖ, () αὐτὸς () καὶ () οἱ () ἄνδρες () αὐτοῦ. ()

1 Samuel 30:28 Originally verses 30:28 and 30:28a.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.