1 Samuel 30:3

So, when David and his men came to the city, lo! it was burnt with fire,—and, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, had been taken captive.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2and had taken captive the women and all who were therein, from small even unto great, they had not put one to death,—but had driven them forth, and gone their way.

4Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice, and wept,—until they had no more strength to weep.

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Cross References

Hebrews 12:6For, whom the Lord loveth, he doth, discipline, and scourgeth every son whom he doth welcome home.

Revelation 3:9Lo! I give them of the synagogue of Satan, who are affirming themselves to be, Jews, and are not,—but say what is false,—lo! I will cause them, that they shall have come, and shall bow down before thy feet, and shall get to know that, I, loved thee.

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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