1 Samuel 30:2

and had taken captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great. They didn’t kill any, but carried them off and went their way.

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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.

In Context

1When David and his men had come to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid on the South and on Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag and burnt it with fire,

3When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burnt with fire; and their wives, their sons, and their daughters were taken captive.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 27:11David saved neither man nor woman alive to bring them to Gath, saying, “Lest they should tell about us, saying, ‘David did this, and this has been his way all the time he has lived in the country of the Philistines.’”

Job 38:11and said, ‘You may come here, but no further. Your proud waves shall be stopped here’?

Isaiah 27:8In measure, when you send them away, you contend with them. He has removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.

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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