1 Samuel 30:18 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Samuel 30:18

16 And when he had brought him down, there they were, spread out over all the land, ^aeating and drinking and dancing, because of all the great spoil which they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.

17 Then David attacked them from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode on camels and fled.

18 So David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away, and David rescued his two wives.

19 And nothing of theirs was lacking, either small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything which they had taken from them; ^aDavid recovered all.

20 Then David took all the flocks and herds they had driven before those other livestock, and said, “This is David’s spoil.”

21 Now David came to the ^atwo hundred men who had been so weary that they could not follow David, whom they also had made to stay at the Brook Besor. So they went out to meet David and to meet the people who were with him. And when David came near the people, he¹ greeted them.

22 Then all the wicked and ^aworthless men of those who went with David answered and said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not give them any of the spoil that we have recovered, except for every man’s wife and children, that they may lead them away and depart.”

Verse Comparison: 1 Samuel 30:18

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American Standard Version
And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.

Amplified® Bible
David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken and rescued his two wives.

Contemporary English Version
David rescued his two wives and everyone else the Amalekites had taken from Ziklag.

Darby English Version
And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken: and David recovered his two wives.

Good News Bible
David rescued everyone and everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives;

King James Version
And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.

New American Standard Bible
So David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and rescued his two wives.

New International Version
David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.

New King James Version
So David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away, and David rescued his two wives.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and rescued his two wives.

Revised Standard Version
David recovered all that the Amal'ekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.

Young's Literal Translation
And David delivereth all that the Amalekites have taken; also his two wives hath David delivered.

New English Translation
David retrieved everything the Amalekites had taken; he¹ also rescued his two wives.

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