1 Samuel 30

1 Samuel · Chapter 30

1 Samuel 30:5

1And 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;2And 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.3So 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.4Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.5And David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.6And 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.7And 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.8And 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.9So 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.10But 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.11And 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;12And 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.13And 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.14We 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.15And 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.16And 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.17And 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.18And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.19And 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.20And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David’s spoil.21And 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.22Then 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.23Then 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.24For 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.25And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.26And 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;27To them which were in Bethel, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,28And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa,29And 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,30And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chorashan, and to them which were in Athach,31And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
5And David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.David’s two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel, had been taken captive.And David’s two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
and [the] twoוּשְׁתֵּ֥יu-she-TEIH8147
two

שְׁנַ֫יִם (she.na.yim) 1) two 1a) two (the cardinal number) 1a1) two, both, double, twice 1b) second (the ordinal number) 1c) in combination with other numbers 1d) both (a dual number)

[the] wives ofנְשֵֽׁי־ne-shei-H0802H
woman

אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) : woman 1) woman, wife, female 1a) woman (opposite of man) 1b) wife (woman married to a man) 1c) female (of animals) 1d) each, every (pronoun)

Davidדָוִ֖דda-VIDH1732
David

דָּוִד (da.vid) A king of the tribe of Judah living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at Rut.4.17; son of: Jesse (H3448) and Nahash (H5176I); brother of: Eliab (H0446I), Abinadab (H0041I), Shimeah (H8093), Zeruiah (H6870), Abigail (H0026H)(?), Nethanel (H5417H), Raddai (H7288), Ozem (H0684) and Elihu (H0453J); married to Michal (H4324), Abigail (H0026), Ahinoam (H0293H), Maacah (H4601I), Haggith (H2294), Abital (H0037), Eglah (H5698) and Bathsheba (H1339); …

they had been taken captiveנִשְׁבּ֑וּnish-BUH7617
to take captive

שָׁבָה (sha.vah) 1) to take captive 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to take captive 1a2) captive (participle) 1a3) to lead captive 1b) (Niphal) to be taken captive

Ahinoamאֲחִינֹ֙עַם֙'a-chi-NO-'amH0293H
Ahinoam

אֲחִינֹ֫עַם (a.chi.no.am) A woman living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.25.43; married to David (H1732); mother of: Amnon (H0550) § Ahinoam = "my brother is delight" 1) wife of Saul, daughter of Ahimaaz 2) wife of David, mother of Amnon, a Jezreelitess

the Jezreelite [woman]הַיִּזְרְעֵלִ֔יתhai-yiz-re-'e-LITH3158G
Jezreel

יִזְרְעֵאלִי (yiz.re.e.li) Jezreelite , of Jezreel "sown of God" an inhabitant of Jezreel Another spelling of yiz.re.el (יִזְרְעֶאל "Jezreel" H3157)

and Abigailוַאֲבִיגַ֕יִלva-'a-vi-GA-yilH0026G
Abigail

אֲבִיגַ֫יִל, אֲבִיגַ֫ל (a.vi.ga.yil) A woman living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.25.3; married to David (H1732) and Nabal (H5037); mother of: Chileab (H3609) § Abigail = "my father is joy" 1) wife of Nabal, then of David

[the] wife ofאֵ֖שֶׁת'E-shetH0802H
woman

אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) : woman 1) woman, wife, female 1a) woman (opposite of man) 1b) wife (woman married to a man) 1c) female (of animals) 1d) each, every (pronoun)

Nabalנָבָ֥לna-VALH5037
Nabal

נָבָל (na.val) A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.25.3; married to Abigail (H0026) § Nabhal or Nabal = "fool" a man of Carmel who spurned David's messengers, then died of shock when he realised it might cause his death; his case was pleaded by his wife Abigail who became David's wife after his death

the Carmeliteהַֽכַּרְמְלִֽי׃HA-kar-me-LIH3761
Carmelite

כַּרְמְלִי (kar.me.li) Carmelite, of Carmel "garden-land" an inhabitant of Carmel Another spelling of kar.mel (כַּרְמֶל "Carmel" H3760)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.