1 Samuel 30:4

And David lifts up—and the people who [are] with him—their voice and weep, until they have no power to weep.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

In Context

3And David comes in—and his men—to the city, and behold, [it is] burned with fire, and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters have been taken captive.

5And the two wives of David have been taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail wife of Nabal the Carmelite;

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Cross References

Numbers 14:1And all the congregation lifts up, and they give forth their voice, and the people weep during that night;

Judges 2:4And it comes to pass, when the Messenger of YHWH speaks these words to all the sons of Israel, that the people lift up their voice and weep,

1 Samuel 4:13and he comes in, and behold, Eli is sitting on the throne by the side of the way, watching, for his heart has been trembling for the Ark of God, and the man has come into the city and declares [it], and all the city cries out.

Ezra 10:1And at Ezra’s praying, and at his making confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there have been gathered to him out of Israel a very great assembly—men and women and children—for the people have wept, multiplying weeping.

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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