1 Samuel 30:2

and had taken captive the women [and all] that were in it, both small and great. They did not kill any, but carried them off, and went their way.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1And it came to pass, when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid upon the South, and upon Ziklag, and had smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire,

3And when David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire. And their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captive.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 27:11And David saved neither man nor woman alive to bring them to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell of us, saying, So did David, and so has been his manner all the while he has dwelt in the country of the Philistines.

Job 38:11and said, This far thou shall come, but no further, and here thy proud waves shall be stayed?

Isaiah 27:8In measure, in sending it forth, thou content with it. He has removed with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 30:2-7

Ziklag Burnt. ( b. c. 1055.) 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… Read the whole commentary →

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