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1 Samuel 30

1 The Amalekites burne Ziklag. 5 Dauids two wiues are taken prisoners 6 The people wolde stone him. 8 He asketh counsel of the Lord and pursuing his enemies, recouereth the praye. 24 He deuideth it equally, 26 And sendeth parte to his friends.
1.BVt when Dauid and his men were come to Ziklag a the third day, the Amalekites had inuaded vpon the South, eucn vnto Ziklag, and had b smitten Ziklág, and burnt it with fire,
2.And had taken the women that were therein prisoners, bothe ſmall and great, and ſlewe not a man, but caryed them away, and went their wayes.
3.¶ So Dauid and his men came to the citie, and beholde, it was burnt with fire, and their c wiues, and their ſonnes, and their daughters were taken priſoners.
4.Then Dauid & the people that was with him, lift vp their voyces and wept, vntil they colde wepe nomore.
5.Dauids two wiues were taken priſoners alſo, Ahinóam the Izreélite, and Abigáil the wife of Nabál the Carmelite.
6.And Dauid was in great ſorowe : for the people d entended to ſtone him, becauſe the heartes of all the people were vexed euerie mã for his ſonnes and for his daughters : but Dauid comforted him ſelfe in the Lord his God.
7.¶ And Dauid ſaid to Abiathár the Prieſt Ahimelechs ſonne, I pray thee, bring me the Ephód. And Abiathár broght the Ephód to Dauid.
8.Then Dauid aſked counſel at the Lord, ſaying, Shal I followe after this companie? ſhal I ouertake them? And he anſwered him, Followe : for thou ſhalt ſurely ouertake them, and recouer all.
9.¶ So Dauid and the fix hundreth mẽ that were with him, wẽt, and came to the riuer Beſór, where a parte of them abode:
10.But Dauid and foure hundreth men followed (for two hundreth abode behinde, being to wearye to go ouer ye riuer Beſór)
11.And they founde an Egyptiã in the field, and broght him to Dauid, and gaue him f bread and he did eat, and they gaue him water to drinke.
12.Alſo they gaue him a fewe figs, and two cluſters of raiſins : and when he had eaten, his ſpirit came againe to him : for he had eaten no bread, nor dronke anie water in thre dayes, and three nights.
13.¶ And Dauid ſaid vnto him, To whome belongeſt thou? and whence art thou? And he ſaid, I am a yong mã of Egypt, and ſeruant to an Amalekite : and my maſter left me thre daies ago, becauſe I fell ſicke.
14.We roued vpon the South of Chéreth, & vpon the coaſt belonging to Iudáh, and vpon the South of Caléb, and we burnt Ziklág with fire.
15.And Dauid ſaid vnto him, Canſt thou bring me to this companie? And he ſaid, Sweare vnto me by God, that thou wilt g nether kil me, nor deliuer me into the hands of my maſter, and I wil bring thee to this companie.
16.¶ And when he had broght him thither, beholde, they lay ſcatered abroade vpon all the earth, h eating and drinking, & danſing, becauſe of all ye great pray that thei had taken out of the land of ye Philiſtíms, and out of the land of Iudáh.
17.And Dauid ſmote them from the twilight, euen vnto the euening i of the next morowe, ſo that there eſcaped not a man of them, ſaue foure hundreth yong men, which rode vpon camels, and fled.
18.And Dauid recouered all that ye Amalekites had takẽ : alſo Dauid reſcued his two wiues.
19.And thei lacked nothing, ſmall or great, ſonne or daughter, or of the ſpoyle of all that they had taken away : Dauid recouered them all.
20.Dauid alſo toke all the ſhepe, and the oxẽ, & they draue them before his cattel, and ſaid, This is Dauids k praye.
21.¶ And Dauid came to the two hundreth mẽ that were to wearie for to followe Dauid : whome they had made alſo to abide at the riuer Beſór : and they came to mete Dauid, and to mete the people that were with him : ſo when Dauid came nere to the people, he ſaluted them.
22.Then anſwered all the euil and wicked of the mẽ that went with Dauid, and ſaid, Becauſe they went not with vs, therefore wil we giue them none of the praye, that we haue recouered, ſaue to euery man his l wife and his children : therefore let them cary them away and departe.
23.Then ſaid Dauid, Ye ſhal not do ſo, my brethren, with that which the Lord hathe giuen vs, who hathe preſerued vs, and deliuered the companie that came againſt vs, into our handes.
24.For who wil obey you in this matter? but as his parte is that goeth downe to the battel, ſo ſhal his parte be, that tarieth by the ſtuffe : they ſhal parte alike.
25.m So from that day forward hee made it a ſtatute and a lawe in Iſraél, vntil this day.
26.¶ When Dauid therefore came to Ziklág, he ſent of the pray vnto the Elders of Iudáh & to his friends, ſaying, Se, there is a bleſſing for you of the ſpoyle of the enemies of the Lord.
27.He ſent to them of Beth-él, and to them of South Ramóth, and to them of Iattír,
28.And to them of Aroér, and to them of Siphmóth, and to them of Eſhtemóa,
29.And to them of Rachál, and to them of the cities of the Ierahmeelites, and to the of the cities of the Kenites,
30.And to them of Hormáh, & to them of Chor-aſhán, and to them of Athách,
31.And to them of Hebrón, and a to all the places where Dauid and his men had hanted.

Notes

1:a.
After that he departed from Achish.
1:b.
That is, destroyed ye citie.
3:c.
For these onely remained in the citie, when the mẽ were gone to warre.
6:d.
Thus we ſe, yt in troubles & aduerſitie we do not conſider Gods prouidẽce, but like raging beaſtes forget bothe our owne duetie and contẽne Gods appointmẽt ouer vs.
9:e.
Thogh God ſeme to leaue vs for a time, yet if we truſt in him, we ſhal be ſure to finde comforte.
11:f.
God by his prouidẽce bothe prouided for the neceſſities of this poore ſtrãger, and made him a guide to Dauid to accõpliſh his enterpriſe.
15:g.
For othes were in all ages had in moſte reuerence euen amõg the heathen
16:h.
The wicked in their põpe and pleaſures conſider not ye iudgement of God, which is the at hand to ſmite them.
17:i.
Some reade, & vnto ye morowe of ye two euenings: that is, thre daies.
20:k.
Which the Amalekites had taken of others, & Dauid from thẽ beſides the goods of Ziklag.
22:l.
Vnder theſe are comprehẽded the cattel and goods, wc apperteined to euerie man.
25:m.
Some referre theſe wordes to Dauid, that he lledged an olde cuſtome & law, as if it were writ, It is bothe now and hathe bene euer.
31:a.
Shewing him ſelfe mindful of their benefites towards him.