<vn='1'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when <sn="1732">David</s> and his <sn="376">men</s> were <sn="935">come</s> to <sn="6860">Ziklag</s> on the <sn="7992">third</s><sn="3117">day</s>, that the <sn="6003">Amalekites</s> had <sn="6584 413">invaded</s> the <sn="5045">south</s>, and <sn="6860">Ziklag</s>, and <sn="5221">smitten</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="6860">Ziklag</s>, and <sn="8313">burned</s> it with <sn="784">fire</s>; </v>
<vn='2'>And had taken the women <sn="7617 *853 802">captives</s>, <sn="834">that</s> were therein: they <sn="4191">slew</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="376">any</s>, <sn="5704">either</s><sn="1419">great</s> or <sn="4480 6996">small</s>, but carried them <sn="5090">away</s>, and <sn="1980">went</s> on their <sn="1870">way</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>So <sn="1732">David</s> and his <sn="376">men</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="5892">city</s>, and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, it was <sn="8313">burned</s> with <sn="784">fire</s>; and their <sn="802">wives</s>, and their <sn="1121">sons</s>, and their <sn="1323">daughters</s>, were taken <sn="7617">captives</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>Then <sn="1732">David</s> and the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="834">that</s> were <sn="854">with</s> him lifted <sn="5375">up</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="6963">voice</s> and <sn="1058">wept</s>, <sn="5704 834">until</s> they had no <sn="369">more</s><sn="3581">power</s> to <sn="1058">weep</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And <sn="1732">David</s> 's <sn="8147">two</s><sn="802">wives</s> were taken <sn="7617">captives</s>, <sn="293">Ahinoam</s> the <sn="3159">Jezreelitess</s>, and <sn="26">Abigail</s> the <sn="802">wife</s> of <sn="5037">Nabal</s> the <sn="3761">Carmelite</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And <sn="1732">David</s> was <sn="3966">greatly</s><sn="3334">distressed</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="559">spoke</s> of <sn="5619">stoning</s> him, <sn="3588">because</s> the <sn="5315">soul</s> of <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> was <sn="4843">grieved</s>, every <sn="376">man</s><sn="5921">for</s> his <sn="1121">sons</s> and <sn="5921">for</s> his <sn="1323">daughters</s>: but <sn="1732">David</s> encouraged <sn="2388">himself</s> in the <sn="3068">LORD</s> his <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="54">Abiathar</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s>, <sn="288">Ahimelech</s> 's <sn="1121">son</s>, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, bring me <sn="5066">hither</s> the <sn="646">ephod</s>. And <sn="54">Abiathar</s><sn="5066">brought</s> thither <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="646">ephod</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="1732">David</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="7592">inquired</s> at the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, Shall I <sn="7291">pursue</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1416">troop</s>? shall I <sn="5381">overtake</s> them? And he <sn="559">answered</s> him, <sn="7291">Pursue</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> thou shalt surely <sn="5381 5381">overtake</s> them, and without fail <sn="5337 5337">recover</s> all. </v>
<vn='9'>So <sn="1732">David</s><sn="1980">went</s>, <sn="1931">he</s> and the <sn="8337">six</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="376">men</s><sn="834">that</s> were <sn="854">with</s> him, and <sn="935">came</s><sn="5704">to</s> the <sn="5158">brook</s><sn="1308">Besor</s>, where those that were left <sn="3498">behind</s><sn="5975">stayed</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>But <sn="1732">David</s><sn="7291">pursued</s>, <sn="1931">he</s> and <sn="702">four</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="376">men</s>: for two <sn="3967 *376">hundred</s> abode <sn="5975">behind</s>, <sn="834">which</s> were so <sn="6296">faint</s> that they could not go <sn="4480 5674">over</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5158">brook</s><sn="1308">Besor</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And they <sn="4672">found</s> an <sn="376 4713">Egyptian</s> in the <sn="7704">field</s>, and <sn="3947">brought</s> him <sn="413">to</s><sn="1732">David</s>, and <sn="5414">gave</s> him <sn="3899">bread</s>, and he did <sn="398">eat</s>; and they made him <sn="8248">drink</s><sn="4325">water</s>; </v>
<vn='12'>And they <sn="5414">gave</s> him a <sn="6400">piece</s> of a cake of <sn="1690">figs</s>, and <sn="8147">two</s> clusters of <sn="6778">raisins</s>: and when he had <sn="398">eaten</s>, his <sn="7307">spirit</s> came <sn="7725">again</s><sn="413">to</s> him: <sn="3588">for</s> he had <sn="398">eaten</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="3899">bread</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s><sn="8354">drunk</s> any <sn="4325">water</s>, <sn="7969">three</s><sn="3117">days</s> and <sn="7969">three</s><sn="3915">nights</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s> unto him, To <sn="4310">whom</s> belongest <sn="859">thou</s>? and <sn="335 4480 2088">whence</s> art <sn="859">thou</s>? And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="595">I</s> am a young <sn="5288">man</s> of <sn="4713">Egypt</s>, <sn="5650">servant</s> to an <sn="376 6003">Amalekite</s>; and my <sn="113">master</s><sn="5800">left</s> me, <sn="3588">because</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="3117">days</s> ago I fell <sn="2470">sick</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="587">We</s> made an <sn="6584">invasion</s> upon the <sn="5045">south</s> of the <sn="3774">Cherethites</s>, and <sn="5921">upon</s> the coast <sn="834">which</s> belongeth to <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and <sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="5045">south</s> of <sn="3612">Caleb</s>; and we <sn="8313">burned</s><sn="6860">Ziklag</s> with <sn="784">fire</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s> him, Canst thou bring me <sn="3381">down</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1416">company</s>? And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="7650">Swear</s> unto me by <sn="430">God</s>, that thou wilt <sn="518">neither</s><sn="4191">kill</s> me, <sn="518">nor</s><sn="5462">deliver</s> me into the <sn="3027">hands</s> of my <sn="113">master</s>, and I will bring thee <sn="3381">down</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1416">company</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And when he had brought him <sn="3381">down</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, they were spread <sn="5203">abroad</s><sn="5921 6440">upon</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="776">earth</s>, <sn="398">eating</s> and <sn="8354">drinking</s>, and <sn="2287">dancing</s>, because of <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1419">great</s><sn="7998">spoil</s><sn="834">that</s> they had <sn="3947">taken</s> out of the <sn="4480 776">land</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>, and out of the <sn="4480 776">land</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="5221">smote</s> them from the <sn="4480 5399">twilight</s> even <sn="5704">unto</s> the <sn="6153">evening</s> of the next <sn="4283">day</s>: and there <sn="4422">escaped</s><sn="3808">not</s> a <sn="376">man</s> of them, <sn="3588 518">save</s><sn="702">four</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="5288">young</s><sn="376">men</s>, <sn="834">which</s><sn="7392">rode</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="1581">camels</s>, and <sn="5127">fled</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="5337">recovered</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> the <sn="6002">Amalekites</s> had carried <sn="3947">away</s>: and <sn="1732">David</s><sn="5337">rescued</s> his <sn="8147">two</s><sn="802">wives</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And there was <sn="3808">nothing</s><sn="5737">lacking</s> to them, <sn="4480">neither</s><sn="6996">small</s><sn="5704">nor</s><sn="1419">great</s>, <sn="5704">neither</s><sn="1121">sons</s> nor <sn="1323">daughters</s>, neither <sn="4480 7998">spoil</s>, <sn="5704">nor</s><sn="3605">any</s> thing <sn="834">that</s> they had <sn="3947">taken</s> to them: <sn="1732">David</s><sn="7725">recovered</s><sn="3605">all</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6629">flocks</s> and the <sn="1241">herds</s>, which they <sn="5090">drove</s><sn="6440">before</s><sn="1931">those</s> other <sn="4735">cattle</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="2088">This</s> is <sn="1732">David</s> 's <sn="7998">spoil</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s> the two <sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="376">men</s>, <sn="834">which</s> were so <sn="6296">faint</s> that they could not <sn="1980 310">follow</s><sn="1732">David</s>, whom they had made also to <sn="3427">abide</s> at the <sn="5158">brook</s><sn="1308">Besor</s>: and they went <sn="3318">forth</s> to <sn="7125">meet</s><sn="1732">David</s>, and to <sn="7125">meet</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="834">that</s> were <sn="854">with</s> him: and when <sn="1732">David</s> came <sn="5066">near</s> to <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, he <sn="7592 7965">saluted</s> them. </v>
<vn='22'>Then <sn="6030">answered</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="7451">wicked</s><sn="376">men</s> and men of <sn="1100">Belial</s>, of <sn="4480 376">those</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="1980">went</s><sn="5973">with</s><sn="1732">David</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="3282 834">Because</s> they <sn="1980">went</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="5973">with</s> us, we will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5414">give</s> them aught of the <sn="4480 7998">spoil</s><sn="834">that</s> we have <sn="5337">recovered</s>, <sn="3588 518">save</s> to every <sn="376">man</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="802">wife</s> and his <sn="1121">children</s>, that they may lead them <sn="5090">away</s>, and <sn="1980">depart</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>Then <sn="559">said</s><sn="1732">David</s>, Ye shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6213">do</s><sn="3651">so</s>, my <sn="251">brethren</s>, <sn="854">with</s> that <sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="5414">given</s> us, who hath <sn="8104">preserved</s> us, and <sn="5414">delivered</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1416">company</s> that <sn="935">came</s><sn="5921">against</s> us into our <sn="3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>For <sn="4310">who</s> will <sn="8085">hearken</s> unto you in <sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">matter</s>? <sn="3588">but</s> as his <sn="2506">part</s> is that goeth <sn="3381">down</s> to the <sn="4421">battle</s>, so shall his <sn="2506">part</s> be that <sn="3427">tarrieth</s><sn="5921">by</s> the <sn="3627">stuff</s>: they shall <sn="2505">part</s><sn="3162">alike</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>And it <sn="1961">was</s> so from that <sn="4480 3117 1931">day</s><sn="4605">forward</s>, that he <sn="7760">made</s> it a <sn="2706">statute</s> and an <sn="4941">ordinance</s> for <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="5704">unto</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And when <sn="1732">David</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="6860">Ziklag</s>, he <sn="7971">sent</s> of the <sn="4480 7998">spoil</s> unto the <sn="2205">elders</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, even to his <sn="7453">friends</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s> a <sn="1293">present</s> for you of the <sn="4480 7998">spoil</s> of the <sn="341">enemies</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; </v>
<vn='27'>To them <sn="834">which</s> were in <sn="1008">Bethel</s>, and to them <sn="834">which</s> were in <sn="5045">south</s><sn="7418">Ramoth</s>, and to them <sn="834">which</s> were in <sn="3492">Jattir</s>, </v>
<vn='28'>And to them <sn="834">which</s> were in <sn="6177">Aroer</s>, and to them <sn="834">which</s> were in <sn="8224">Siphmoth</s>, and to them <sn="834">which</s> were in <sn="851">Eshtemoa</s>, </v>
<vn='29'>And to them <sn="834">which</s> were in <sn="7403">Rachal</s>, and to them <sn="834">which</s> were in the <sn="5892">cities</s> of the <sn="3397">Jerahmeelites</s>, and to them <sn="834">which</s> were in the <sn="5892">cities</s> of the <sn="7017">Kenites</s>, </v>
<vn='30'>And to them <sn="834">which</s> were in <sn="2767">Hormah</s>, and to them <sn="834">which</s> were in <sn="3565">Chor</s> -ashan, and to them <sn="834">which</s> were in <sn="6269">Athach</s>, </v>
<vn='31'>And to them <sn="834">which</s> were in <sn="2275">Hebron</s>, and to <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4725">places</s><sn="834 8033">where</s><sn="1732">David</s><sn="1931">himself</s> and his <sn="376">men</s> were wont to <sn="1980">haunt</s>. </v>