1 Samuel 30:6

And David was greatly distressed, because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, each for his sons and his daughters: but David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.

In Context

5And both the wives of David were carried captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

7And David said to Abiathar the priest the son of Ahimelech, Bring near the ephod.

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Cross References

Exodus 17:4And Moses cried to the Lord, saying, What shall I do to this people? yet a little while and they will stone me.

Judges 18:25And the children of Dan said to him, Let not thy voice be heard with us, lest angry men run upon thee, and take away thy life, and the lives of thy house.

1 Samuel 1:10And she was very much grieved in spirit, and prayed to the Lord, and wept abundantly.

1 Samuel 28:15And Samuel said, Why hast thou troubled me, that I should come up? And Saul said, I am greatly distressed, and the Philistines war against me, and God has departed from me, and no longer hearkens to me either by the hand of prophets or by dreams: and now I have called thee to tell me what I shall do.

2 Kings 4:27And she came to Elisha to the mountain, and laid hold of his feet; and Gehazi drew near to thrust her away. And Elisha said, Let her alone, for her soul is much grieved in her, and the Lord has hidden it from me, and has not told it me.

Psalms 18:6In the sun he has set his tabernacle; 1 And he comes forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber: 1 He will exult as a giant to run his course. 1

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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