1 Samuel 30:18

And David rescued all whom the Amalekites had taken,—his two wives also, did David rescue;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 smote them, from the closing twilight even unto the evening of the next day,—and there escaped not of them a man, save four hundred young men who rode upon camels, and fled.

19and there was nothing missing to them—whether small or great, whether spoil, or sons or daughters, or, any thing which they had taken unto themselves,—the whole, did David recover.

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Cross References

Numbers 31:49and said unto Moses, Thy servants have reckoned up the sum of the men of war who are in our hand,—and there is not missed from among us, a man!

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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