1 Samuel 29

[1] Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the

Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.

[2] And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by

thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish.

[3] Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here?

And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the

servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or

these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto

this day?

[4] And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes

of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go

again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down

with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for

wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with

the heads of these men?

[5] Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying,

Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

[6] Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD liveth,

thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the

host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of

thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not.

[7] Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords

of the Philistines.

[8] And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou

found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I

may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?

[9] And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my

sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines

have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.

[10] Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's servants

that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and

have light, depart.

[11] So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return

into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.



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The Mighty Men Join David



19 (1Sa 29:2-9) Now some from Manasseh joined forces with David

when he came with the Philistines for battle against Saul,

but they did not help them. For after taking counsel,

the lords of the Philistines sent him away, saying,

"It will be our heads if he falls back to his lord Saul."

[19] And there fell some of Manasseh to David,

when he came with the Philistines against Saul

to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords

of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying,

He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.



1 SAMUEL 30



David Defeats the Amalekites



1 (1Sa 15:7; 29:11) Now when David and his men came to Ziklag

on the third day, the Amalekites had raided the south as far as Ziklag.

They had struck Ziklag and burned it with fire.

2 (1Sa 27:11) They had taken as captives all the women who were there.

They did not kill anyone, but carried them off and went on their way.

3 David and his men came to the city, and they found it burned with fire,

and their wives, their sons, and their daughters taken captive.

4 (Nu 14:1) So David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice

and wept until they had no strength in them to weep.

5 (1Sa 25:42-43; 2Sa 2:2) Now David's two wives were taken captive,

Ahin-oam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

6 (Ex 17:4; Nu 14:10) David was greatly distressed, for the people talked

of stoning him, because all the people were bitter in spirit, each over

his sons and daughters. But David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.

7 (1Sa 22:20-21) And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelek,

"Please bring the ephod to me." So Abiathar brought the ephod to David.

8 (1Sa 23:2; 23:4) David inquired at the Lord, saying,

"Should I pursue after this raiding party? Will I overtake them?"

And He answered him, "Pursue them, for you will surely overtake them

and will surely recover all."

9 So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him.

And they came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind remained.

10 (1Sa 30:2) 1But David pursued, he and four hundred men, for two hundred

who were too exhausted to cross over the brook Besor remained behind.

11 They found an Egyptian in the field and took him to David.

He gave him bread and he ate, and they made him drink water.

12 (Jdg 15:19; 1Sa 14:27) And they gave him a part of a cake of figs

and two cakes of raisins. When he had eaten, his spirit came back to him,

for he had not eaten bread or drunk any water for three days and nights.

13 Then David said to him, "To whom do you belong? And where are you from?"

And he said, "I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite.

And my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick.

14 (2Sa 8:18; 1Ki 1:38) We raided the south of the Kerethites,

the south of Judah, and the south of Caleb. And we burned Ziklag with fire."

15David said to him, "Will you bring me down to this raiding party?"

And he said, "Swear to me by God that you will neither kill me, nor deliver

me into the hand of my master, and I will bring you down to this raiding party."

16 When he brought him down, they were spread out over all the land,

eating, 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 (1Sa 11:11) David struck them from twilight until the evening

of the next day, and no man escaped except four hundred young men

who rode on camels and fled.

18 So David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken,

and David rescued his two wives.

19 (1Sa 30:8) Now there was nothing missing, from the smallest thing

to the greatest, neither sons, nor daughters, or plunder, or anything

which they had taken. David brought back all of it.

20 (1Sa 30:26) And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove

before the other livestock. And they said, "This is David's spoil."

21 (1Sa 30:10) Then David came to the two hundred men, who were too

exhausted to follow David, whom they left at the brook Besor.

And they went out to meet David and the people who were with him.

And when David came near to the people, he greeted them.

22 Then all the wicked and worthless ones from the men who went with David

answered and said, "Because they did not go with us, we will not give them

anything from the spoil that we have rescued, except to every man his wife

and his children, that they may lead them away and depart."

23Then David said, "You will not do so, my brothers, with what the Lord has

given us, for He has preserved us, and has delivered into our hand

the raiding party that came against us.

24 (Nu 31:27; Jos 22:8) And who will listen to you in this matter?

Indeed as the share is of the one going down to battle, so will be the share

of the one staying with the equipment. They will share equally."

25 So it was so from that day forward, that he set it as a statute

and an ordinance for Israel to this day.

26 (1Sa 25:27) When David came to Ziklag, he sent part of the spoil

to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying,

"Here is a gift to you from the spoil

of the enemies of the Lord":

27 (Jos 15:48; 19:8) to those who were in Bethel,

in Ramoth of the Negev, and in Jattir;

28 (Jos 13:16; 15:50) to those who were in Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa,

29 (Jdg 1:16; 1Sa 27:10) and in Rakal; to those who were in the cities

of the Jerahmeelites and the Kenites;

30 (Jdg 1:17; Jos 19:4) to those who were in Hormah, Bor Ashan, Athak

31 (2Sa 2:1)and in Hebron; and to those who were in all the other places

where David and his men had roamed.



1 Samuel 30

[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 inquired 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 ago 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 Chor-ashan,

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.