1st Samuel Chapter 30 - King James Strong Number Version

1: And it came to pass, when David <H1732> and his men <H0582> were come <H0935> to Ziklag <H6860> on the third <H7992> day, <H3117> that the Amalekites <H6003> had invaded <H6584> the south, <H5045> and Ziklag, <H6860> and smitten <H5221> Ziklag, <H6860> and burned <H8313> it with fire; <H0784>
2: And had taken the women <H0802> captives, <H7617> that [were] therein: they slew <H4191> not any, <H0376> either great <H1419> or small, <H6996> but carried [them] away, <H5090> and went <H3212> on their way. <H1870>
3: So David <H1732> and his men <H0582> came <H0935> to the city, <H5892> and, behold, [it was] burned <H8313> with fire; <H0784> and their wives, <H0802> and their sons, <H1121> and their daughters, <H1323> were taken captives. <H7617>
4: Then David <H1732> and the people <H5971> that [were] with him lifted up <H5375> their voice <H6963> and wept, <H1058> until they had no more power <H3581> to weep. <H1058>
5: And David's <H1732> two <H8147> wives <H0802> were taken captives, <H7617> Ahinoam <H0293> the Jezreelitess, <H3159> and Abigail <H0026> the wife <H0802> of Nabal <H5037> the Carmelite. <H3761>
6: And David <H1732> was greatly <H3966> distressed; <H3334> for the people <H5971> spake <H0559> of stoning <H5619> him, because the soul <H5315> of all the people <H5971> was grieved, <H4843> every man <H0376> for his sons <H1121> and for his daughters: <H1323> but David <H1732> encouraged <H2388> himself in the LORD <H3068> his God. <H0430>
7: And David <H1732> said <H0559> to Abiathar <H0054> the priest, <H3548> Ahimelech's <H0288> son, <H1121> I pray thee, bring me hither <H5066> the ephod. <H0646> And Abiathar <H0054> brought <H5066> thither the ephod <H0646> to David. <H1732>
8: And David <H1732> enquired <H7592> at the LORD, <H3068> saying, <H0559> Shall I pursue <H7291> after <H0310> this troop? <H1416> shall I overtake <H5381> them? And he answered <H0559> him, Pursue: <H7291> for thou shalt surely <H5381> overtake <H5381> [them], and without fail <H5337> recover <H5337> [all].
9: So David <H1732> went, <H3212> he and the six <H8337> hundred <H3967> men <H0376> that [were] with him, and came <H0935> to the brook <H5158> Besor, <H1308> where those that were left behind <H3498> stayed. <H5975>
10: But David <H1732> pursued, <H7291> he and four <H0702> hundred <H3967> men: <H0376> for two hundred <H3967> <H0376> abode behind, <H5975> which were so faint <H6296> that they could not go over <H5674> the brook <H5158> Besor. <H1308>
11: And they found <H4672> an Egyptian <H0376> <H4713> in the field, <H7704> and brought <H3947> him to David, <H1732> and gave <H5414> him bread, <H3899> and he did eat; <H0398> and they made him drink <H8248> water; <H4325>
12: And they gave <H5414> him a piece <H6400> of a cake <H1690> of figs, and two <H8147> clusters of raisins: <H6778> and when he had eaten, <H0398> his spirit <H7307> came again <H7725> to him: for he had eaten <H0398> no bread, <H3899> nor drunk <H8354> [any] water, <H4325> three <H7969> days <H3117> and three <H7969> nights. <H3915>
13: And David <H1732> said <H0559> unto him, To whom [belongest] thou? and whence [art] thou? And he said, <H0559> I [am] a young man <H5288> of Egypt, <H4713> servant <H5650> to an Amalekite; <H0376> <H6003> and my master <H0113> left <H5800> me, because three <H7969> days <H3117> agone I fell sick. <H2470>
14: We made an invasion <H6584> [upon] the south <H5045> of the Cherethites, <H3774> and upon [the coast] which [belongeth] to Judah, <H3063> and upon the south <H5045> of Caleb; <H3612> and we burned <H8313> Ziklag <H6860> with fire. <H0784>
15: And David <H1732> said <H0559> to him, Canst thou bring me down <H3381> to this company? <H1416> And he said, <H0559> Swear <H7650> unto me by God, <H0430> that thou wilt neither <H0518> kill <H4191> me, nor <H0518> deliver <H5462> me into the hands <H3027> of my master, <H0113> and I will bring thee down <H3381> to this company. <H1416>
16: And when he had brought him down, <H3381> behold, [they were] spread abroad <H5203> upon <H6440> all the earth, <H0776> eating <H0398> and drinking, <H8354> and dancing, <H2287> because of all the great <H1419> spoil <H7998> that they had taken <H3947> out of the land <H0776> of the Philistines, <H6430> and out of the land <H0776> of Judah. <H3063>
17: And David <H1732> smote <H5221> them from the twilight <H5399> even unto the evening <H6153> of the next day: <H4283> and there escaped <H4422> not a man <H0376> of them, save four <H0702> hundred <H3967> young <H5288> men, <H0376> which rode <H7392> upon camels, <H1581> and fled. <H5127>
18: And David <H1732> recovered <H5337> all that the Amalekites <H6002> had carried away: <H3947> and David <H1732> rescued <H5337> his two <H8147> wives. <H0802>
19: And there was nothing lacking <H5737> to them, neither <H4480> small <H6996> nor great, <H1419> neither sons <H1121> nor daughters, <H1323> neither spoil, <H7998> nor any [thing] that they had taken <H3947> to them: David <H1732> recovered <H7725> all.
20: And David <H1732> took <H3947> all the flocks <H6629> and the herds, <H1241> [which] they drave <H5090> before <H6440> those <H1931> [other] cattle, <H4735> and said, <H0559> This [is] David's <H1732> spoil. <H7998>
21: And David <H1732> came <H0935> to the two hundred <H3967> men, <H0582> which were so faint <H6296> that they could not follow <H3212> <H0310> David, <H1732> whom they had made also to abide <H3427> at the brook <H5158> Besor: <H1308> and they went forth <H3318> to meet <H7125> David, <H1732> and to meet <H7125> the people <H5971> that [were] with him: and when David <H1732> came near <H5066> to the people, <H5971> he saluted <H7592> <H7965> them.
22: Then answered <H6030> all the wicked <H7451> men <H0376> and [men] of Belial, <H1100> of those <H0582> that went <H1980> with David, <H1732> and said, <H0559> Because they went <H1980> not with us, we will not give <H5414> them [ought] of the spoil <H7998> that we have recovered, <H5337> save to every man <H0376> his wife <H0802> and his children, <H1121> that they may lead [them] away, <H5090> and depart. <H3212>
23: Then said <H0559> David, <H1732> Ye shall not do <H6213> so, my brethren, <H0251> with that which the LORD <H3068> hath given <H5414> us, who hath preserved <H8104> us, and delivered <H5414> the company <H1416> that came <H0935> against us into our hand. <H3027>
24: For who will hearken <H8085> unto you in this matter? <H1697> but as his part <H2506> [is] that goeth down <H3381> to the battle, <H4421> so [shall] his part <H2506> [be] that tarrieth <H3427> by the stuff: <H3627> they shall part <H2505> alike. <H3162>
25: And it was [so] from that day <H3117> forward, <H4605> that he made <H7760> it a statute <H2706> and an ordinance <H4941> for Israel <H3478> unto this day. <H3117>
26: And when David <H1732> came <H0935> to Ziklag, <H6860> he sent <H7971> of the spoil <H7998> unto the elders <H2205> of Judah, <H3063> [even] to his friends, <H7453> saying, <H0559> Behold a present <H1293> for you of the spoil <H7998> of the enemies <H0341> of the LORD; <H3068>
27: To [them] which <H0834> [were] in Bethel, <H1008> and to [them] which [were] in south <H5045> Ramoth, <H7418> and to [them] which [were] in Jattir, <H3492>
28: And to [them] which [were] in Aroer, <H6177> and to [them] which [were] in Siphmoth, <H8224> and to [them] which [were] in Eshtemoa, <H0851>
29: And to [them] which [were] in Rachal, <H7403> and to [them] which [were] in the cities <H5892> of the Jerahmeelites, <H3397> and to [them] which [were] in the cities <H5892> of the Kenites, <H7017>
30: And to [them] which [were] in Hormah, <H2767> and to [them] which [were] in Chorashan, <H3565> and to [them] which [were] in Athach, <H6269>
31: And to [them] which [were] in Hebron, <H2275> and to all the places <H4725> where David <H1732> himself and his men <H0582> were wont to haunt. <H1980>