1 Samuel 30:17

And David went on fighting them from evening till the evening of the day after; and not one of them got away but only four hundred young men who went in flight on camels.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

16And when he had taken him down, they saw them all, seated about on all sides, feasting and drinking among all the mass of goods which they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.

18And David got back everything the Amalekites had taken; and he got back his two wives.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 11:11Now on the day after, Saul put the people into three bands, and in the morning watch they came to the tents of the Ammonites, and they went on attacking them till the heat of the day: and those who were not put to death were put to flight in every direction, so that no two of them were together.

2 Samuel 1:1Now after the death of Saul, when David, having come back from the destruction of the Amalekites, had been in Ziklag for two days;

2 Kings 7:5So in the half light they got up to go to the tents of Aram; but when they came to the outer line of tents, there was no one there.

Psalms 18:42\18:41\They were crying out, but there was no one to come to their help: even to the Lord, but he gave them no answer.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 30:8-21

David Recovers the Spoil. ( b. c. 1055.) 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.… Read the whole commentary →

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