1 Samuel 30:1

Now when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made an attack on the South and on Ziklag, and had overcome Ziklag and put it on fire;

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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;

In Context

2And had made the women and all who were there, small and great, prisoners: they had not put any of them to death, but had taken them all away.

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Cross References

Joshua 11:6And the Lord said to Joshua, Have no fear of them: for tomorrow at this time I will give them all up dead before Israel; you are to have the leg-muscles of their horses cut and their war-carriages burned with fire.

1 Samuel 27:6So Achish straight away gave him Ziklag: and for that reason Ziklag has been the property of the kings of Judah to this day.

1 Samuel 29:4But the rulers of the Philistines were angry with him, and said to him, Make the man go back to the place you have given him; do not let him go down with us to the fight, or he may be turned against us and be false to us: for how will this man make peace with his lord? will it not be with the heads of these men?

1 Samuel 29:11So David and his men got up early in the morning to go back to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

1 Chronicles 12:21And they gave David help against the armed bands, for they were all great men of war, and captains in the army.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 30:1

When David was dismissed from the army of the Philistines he did not go over to the camp of Israel, but, being expelled by Saul, observed an exact neutrality, and silently retired to his own city Ziklag, leaving the armies ready to engage. Now here we are told, I. What a melancholy posture he found the city in, all laid waste by the Amalekites, and what distress it occasioned him and his men, ver. 1-6 . II. What course he took to recover what he had lost. He enquired of God, and took out a commission from him (… Read the whole commentary →

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