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For he had not eaten bread or drunk water for three days and three nights. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>David said to him, To whom do you belong? And where are you from? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, a servant of an Amalekite; and my master left me behind when I fell sick three days ago. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>We made a raid on the Negev of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the Negev of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag with fire. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>Then David said to him, Will you bring me down to this band? And he said, Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this band. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread over all the land, eating and drinking and dancing because of all the great spoil that they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>David slaughtered them from the twilight until the evening of the next day; and not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode on camels and fled. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>So David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and rescued his two wives. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>But nothing of theirs was missing, whether small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything that they had taken for themselves; David brought <i>it</i> all back. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>So David had captured all the sheep and the cattle <i>which the people</i> drove ahead of the <i>other</i> livestock, and they said, This is Davids spoil. <p><font color="#000000"><b><i>The Spoils Are Divided</i></b></font><p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>When David came to the two hundred men who were too exhausted to follow David, who had also been left at the brook Besor, and they went out to meet David and to meet the people who were with him, then David approached the people and greeted them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>Then all the wicked and worthless men among those who went with David said, Because they did not go with us, we will not give them any of the spoil that we have recovered, except to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead <i>them</i> away and depart. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>Then David said, You must not do so, my brothers, with what the L<font size="1">ORD</font> has given us, who has kept us and delivered into our hand the band that came against us. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>And who will listen to you in this matter? For as his share is who goes down to the battle, so shall his share be who stays by the baggage; they shall share alike. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>So it has been from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>Now when David came to Ziklag, he sent <i>some</i> of the spoil to the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying, Behold, a gift for you from the spoil of the enemies of the L<font size="1">ORD</font>: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>to those who were in Bethel, and to those who were in Ramoth of the Negev, and to those who were in Jattir, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>and to those who were in Aroer, and to those who were in Siphmoth, and to those who were in Eshtemoa, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-29.htm" target="_top"><b>29</b></a></span>and to those who were in Racal, and to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those who were in the cities of the Kenites, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-30.htm" target="_top"><b>30</b></a></span>and to those who were in Hormah, and to those who were in Bor-ashan, and to those who were in Athach, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-31.htm" target="_top"><b>31</b></a></span>and to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were accustomed to go. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_samuel/30.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_samuel/30.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />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="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/1_samuel/30.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />and gave him a piece of fig-cake and two raisin-cakes, and he ate, and his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, for three days and three nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_samuel/30.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_samuel/30.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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 drank any water, three days and three nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_samuel/30.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins. 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_samuel/30.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and give to him a piece of a bunch of dried figs, and two bunches of raisins, and he eateth, and his spirit returneth unto him, for he hath not eaten bread nor drunk water three days and three nights.<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/at_the_front_or_the.htm">At the Front or the Base</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'As his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff.'--1 Samuel xxx. 24. David's city of Ziklag had been captured by the Amalekites, while he and all his men who could carry arms were absent, serving in the army of Achish, the Philistine king of Gath. On their return they found ruin, their homes harried, their wives, children, and property carried off. Wearied already with their long march, they set off at once in pursuit of the spoilers, who had had a <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/at_the_front_or_the.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/the_secret_of_courage.htm">The Secret of Courage</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'But David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.'--1 Samuel xxx. 6. David was at perhaps the very lowest ebb of his fortunes. He had long been a wandering outlaw, and had finally been driven, by Saul's persistent hostility, to take refuge in the Philistines' country. He had gathered around himself a band of desperate men, and was living very much like a freebooter. He had found refuge in a little city of the Philistines, far down in the South, from which he and his men had marched as a contingent <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/the_secret_of_courage.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_37_1891/the_statute_of_david_for.htm">The Statute of David for the Sharing of the Spoil</a><br></span><span class="snippet">THOSE WHO ASSOCIATE themselves with a leader must share his fortunes. Six hundred men had quitted their abodes in Judaea; unable to endure the tyranny of Saul they had linked themselves with David, and made him to be a captain over them. They were, some of them, the best of men, and some of them were the worst: in this, resembling our congregations. Some of them were choice spirits, whom David would have sought, but others were undesirable persons, from whom he might gladly have been free. However, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_37_1891/the_statute_of_david_for.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Haddon Spurgeon—</span><span class="citation2">Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 37: 1891</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bayly/the_practice_of_piety/thirdly_for_thy_actions.htm">Thirdly, for Thy Actions. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">1. Do no evil, though thou mightest; for God will not suffer the least sin, without bitter repentance, to escape unpunished. Leave not undone any good that thou canst. But do nothing without a calling, nor anything in thy calling, till thou hast first taken counsel at God's word (1 Sam. xxx. 8) of its lawfulness, and pray for his blessings upon thy endeavour; and then do it in the name of God, with cheerfulness of heart, committing the success to him, in whose power it is to bless with his grace <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bayly/the_practice_of_piety/thirdly_for_thy_actions.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Lewis Bayly—</span><span class="citation2">The Practice of Piety</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/the_bright_dawn_of_a.htm">The Bright Dawn of a Reign</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the Lord said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And He said, Unto Hebron. 2. So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail, Nabal's wife, the Carmelite. 3. And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron. 4. And the men of Judah came, and there <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/the_bright_dawn_of_a.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/sayce/early_israel_and_the_surrounding_nations/chapter_ii_canaan.htm">Canaan</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Canaan was the inheritance which the Israelites won for themselves by the sword. Their ancestors had already settled in it in patriarchal days. Abraham "the Hebrew" from Babylonia had bought in it a burying-place near Hebron; Jacob had purchased a field near Shechem, where he could water his flocks from his own spring. It was the "Promised Land" to which the serfs of the Pharaoh in Goshen looked forward when they should again become free men and find a new home for themselves. Canaan had ever been <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/sayce/early_israel_and_the_surrounding_nations/chapter_ii_canaan.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Archibald Sayce—</span><span class="citation2">Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/edersheim/sketches_of_jewish_social_life/appendix_2_extracts_from_the.htm">Appendix 2 Extracts from the Babylon Talmud</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Massecheth Berachoth, or Tractate on Benedictions [76] Mishnah--From what time is the "Shema" said in the evening? From the hour that the priests entered to eat of their therumah [77] until the end of the first night watch. [78] These are the words of Rabbi Eliezer. But the sages say: Till midnight. Rabban Gamaliel says: Until the column of the morning (the dawn) rises. It happened, that his sons came back from a banquet. They said to him: "We have not said the Shema.'" He said to them, "If the column <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/edersheim/sketches_of_jewish_social_life/appendix_2_extracts_from_the.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alfred Edersheim—</span><span class="citation2">Sketches of Jewish Social Life</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/samuel.htm">Samuel</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Alike from the literary and the historical point of view, the book[1] of Samuel stands midway between the book of Judges and the book of Kings. As we have already seen, the Deuteronomic book of Judges in all probability ran into Samuel and ended in ch. xii.; while the story of David, begun in Samuel, embraces the first two chapters of the first book of Kings. The book of Samuel is not very happily named, as much of it is devoted to Saul and the greater part to David; yet it is not altogether inappropriate, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/samuel.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Edgar McFadyen—</span><span class="citation2">Introduction to the Old Testament</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/30-12.htm">1 Samuel 30:12 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/1_samuel/30-12.htm">1 Samuel 30:12 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/1_samuel/30-12.htm">1 Samuel 30:12 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/1_samuel/30-12.htm">1 Samuel 30:12 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/1_samuel/30-12.htm">1 Samuel 30:12 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/30-12.htm">1 Samuel 30:12 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/1_samuel/30-12.htm">1 Samuel 30:12 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_samuel/30-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 30:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 30:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_samuel/30-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 30:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 30:13" /></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></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/1_samuel/30-12.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"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>