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And Abiathar brought the ephod to David. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And David consulted the Lord, saying: Shall I pursue after these robbers, and shall I overtake them, or not? And the Lord said to him: Pursue after them: for thou shalt surely overtake them and recover the prey. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and they came to the torrent Besor: and some being weary stayed there. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred stayed, who being weary could not go over the torrent Besor. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David: and they gave him bread to eat, and water to drink, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>As also a piece of a cake of figs, and two bunches of raisins. And when he had eaten them his spirit returned, and he was refreshed: for he had not eaten bread, nor drunk water three days, and three nights. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And David said to him: To whom dost thou belong? or whence dost thou come? and whither art thou going? He said: I am a young man of Egypt, the servant of an Amalecite, and my master left me, because I began to be sick three days ago. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For we made an invasion on the south side of Cerethi, and upon Juda, and upon the south of Caleb, and we burnt Siceleg with fire. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And David said to him: Canst thou bring me to this company? And he said: Swear to me by God, that thou wilt not kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee to this company. And David swore to him. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And when he had brought him, behold they were lying spread upon all the ground, eating and drinking, and as it were keeping a festival day, for all the prey, and the spoils which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Juda. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And David slew them from the evening unto the evening of the next day, and there escaped not a man of them, but four hundred young men, who had gotten upon camels, and fled. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>So David recovered all that the Amalecites had taken, and he rescued his two wives. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And there was nothing missing small or great, neither of their sons or their daughters, nor of the spoils, and whatsoever they had taken: David recovered all. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And he took all the flocks and the herds, and made them go before him: and they said: This is the prey of David. </p> <p class="hdg">The Spoils are Divided</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And David came to the two hundred men, who being weary had stayed, and were not able to follow David, and he had ordered them to abide at the torrent Besor: and they came out to meet David, and the people that were with him. And David coming to the people saluted them peaceably. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then all the wicked and unjust men that had gone with David answering, said: Because they came not with us, we will not give them any thing of the prey which we have recovered: but let every man take his wife and his children, and be contented with them, and go his way. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But David said: You shall not do so, my brethren, with these things, which the Lord hath given us, who hath kept us, and hath delivered the robbers that invaded us into our hands. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And no man shall hearken to you in this matter. But equal shall be the portion of him that went down to battle and of him that abode at the baggage, and they shall divide alike. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And this hath been done from that day forward, and since was made a statute, and an ordinance, and as a law in Israel. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Then David came to Siceleg, and sent presents of the prey to the ancients of Juda his neighbours, saying: Receive a blessing of the prey of the enemies of the Lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>To them that were in Bethel, and that were in Ramoth to the south, and to them that were in Jether, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And to them that were in Aroer and that were in Sephamoth, and that were in Esthamo, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And that were in Rachal, and that were in the cities of Jerameel, and that were in the cities of Ceni, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And that were in Arama, and that were in the lake Asan, and that were in Athach, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And that were in Hebron, and to the rest that were in those places, in which David had abode with his men. </p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Douay-Rheims Bible<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_samuel/29.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 29"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 29" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_samuel/31.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 31"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 31" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/1_samuel/30-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>