1 Samuel 30:2
Verse 2 of 31. The 30th of 31 chapters in 1 Samuel, in History.
1And 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;
2And 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.
3So 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.
4Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
5And David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
6And 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.
1 Samuel 30:2 in the World English Bible
and had taken captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great. They didn’t kill any, but carried them off and went their way.Read 1 Samuel 30:2 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 30:2
They surprised the city when it was left unguarded, plundered it, burnt it, and carried all the women and children captives, v. 1, 2. They intended, by this to revenge the like havoc that David had lately made of them and their country, ch. xxvii. 8. He that had made so many enemies ought not to have left his own concerns so naked and defenceless.
Read Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 30:1–6: Ziklag Burnt. (b. c. 1055.)
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