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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>1 Samuel 30 Brenton's Septuagint Translation</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_samuel/30.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_samuel/30-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Brenton</a> > 1 Samuel 30</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_samuel/29.htm" title="1 Samuel 29">◄</a> 1 Samuel 30 <a href="../1_samuel/31.htm" title="1 Samuel 31">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Brenton's Septuagint Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/1_samuel/30-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Amalekites Raid Ziklag<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And it came to pass when David and his men had entered Sekelac on the third day, that Amalec had made an incursion upon the south, and upon Sekelac, and smitten Sekelac, and burnt it with fire. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And as to the women and all things that were in it, great and small, they slew neither man nor woman, but carried them captives, and went on their way. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And David and his men came into the city, and, behold, it was burnt with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters were carried captive. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And David and his men lifted up their voice, and wept till there was no longer any power within them to weep. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And both the wives of David were carried captive, Achinaam, the Jezraelitess, and Abigaia the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And David was greatly distressed, because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, each for his sons and his daughters: but David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.<p> <A name="8"></a><p class="hdg">David Destroys the Amalekites<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And David said to Abiathar the priest the son of Achimelech, Bring near the ephod. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? and he said to him, Pursue, for thou shalt surely overtake them, and thou shalt surely rescue <i>the captives</i>. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So David went, he an the six hundred men with him, an they come as far as the brook Bosor, and the superfluous ones stopped. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And he pursued them with four hundred men; and there remained behind two hundred men, who tarried on the other side of the brook Bosor.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And they find an Egyptian in the field, and they take him, and bring him to David; and they gave him bread and he ate, and they caused him to drink water. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and he ate, and his spirit was restored in him; for he had not eaten bread, and had not drunk water three days and three nights. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And David said to him, Whose art thou? and whence art thou? and the young man the Egyptian said, I am the servant of an Amalekite; and my master left me, because I was taken ill three days ago. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And we made an incursion on the south of the Chelethite, and on the parts of Judea, and on the south of Chelub, and we burnt Sekelac with fire. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And David said to him, Wilt thou bring me down to this troop? And he said, Swear now to me by God, that thou wilt not kill me, and that thou wilt not deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down upon this troop.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So be brought him down thither, and behold, they <i>were</i> scattered abroad upon the surface of the whole land, eating and drinking, and feasting by <i>reason of</i> all the great spoils which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Juda. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And David came upon them, and smote them from the morning till the evening, and on the next day; and not one of them escaped, except four hundred young men, who were mounted on camels, and fled. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and he rescued both his wives. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And nothing was wanting to them of great or small, either of the spoils, or the sons and daughters, or anything that they had taken of theirs; and David recovered all. <A name="21"></a><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 led them away before the spoils: and it was said of these spoils, These <i>are</i> the spoils of David.<p> <A name="22"></a><p class="hdg">The Spoils Are Divided<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And David comes to the two hundred men who were left behind that they should not follow after David, and he had caused them to remain by the brook of Bosor; and they came forth to meet David, and to meet his people with him: and David drew near to the people, and they asked him how he did. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then every ill-disposed and bad man of the soldiers who had gone with David, answered and said, Because they did not pursue together with us, we will not give them of the spoils which we have recovered, only let each one lead away with him his wife and his children, and let them return. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And David said, Ye shall not do so, after the Lord has delivered <i>the enemy</i> to us, and guarded us, and the Lord has delivered into our hands the troop that came against u. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And who will hearken to these your words? for they are not inferior to us; for according to the portion of him that went down to the battle, so shall be the portion of him that abides with the baggage; they shall share alike. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And it came to pass from that day forward, that it became an ordinance and a custom in Israel until this day.<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And David came to Sekelac, and sent of the spoils to the elders of Juda, and to his friends, saying, Behold <i>some</i> of the spoils of the enemies of the Lord; <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>to those in Baethsur, and to those in Rama of the south, and to those in Gethor. <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And to those in Aroer, and to those in Ammadi, and to those in Saphi, and to those in Esthie, <font color=blue>(30:29)</font> and to those in Geth, and to those in Cimath, and to those in Saphec, and to those in Themath, <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>and to those in Carmel, and to those in the cities of Jeremeel, and to those in the cities of the Kenezite; <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>and to those in Jerimuth, and to those in Bersabee, and to those in Nombe, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/30-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>and to those in Chebron, and to all the places which David and his men had passed through.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></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="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>