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. [grieved: Heb. bitter]
			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 enquired# 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 agone 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# . [the next...: Heb. their morrow]
			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. [saluted...: or, asked them how they did]
			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# . [those: Heb. men]
			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. [forward: Heb. and forward]
			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; [present: Heb. blessing]
			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 Chorashan, 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# .