1 Samuel 30:18

So David recovered all that the Amalecites had taken, and he rescued his two wives.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17And David slew them from the evening unto the evening of the next day, and there escaped not a man of them, but four hundred young men, who had gotten upon camels, and fled.

19And there was nothing missing small or great, neither of their sons or their daughters, nor of the spoils, and whatsoever they had taken: David recovered all.

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Cross References

Numbers 31:49We thy servants have reckoned up the number of the fighting men, whom we had under our hand, and not so much as one was wanting.

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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