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
Bethel,
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
Chorashan,
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.