1 Samuel 30:18

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

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And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.

In Context

17And 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.

19There was no loss of anything, small or great, sons or daughters or goods or anything which they had taken away: David got it all back.

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Cross References

Numbers 31:49And said to him, Your servants have taken note of the number of all the fighting-men under our orders, and every one is present;

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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