Verse 11
1 Samuel 30:11
New Living Translation
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Along the way they found an Egyptian man in a field and brought him to David. They gave him some bread to eat and water to drink.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַֽ/יִּמְצְא֤וּ אִישׁ מִצְרִי֙ בַּ/שָּׂדֶ֔ה וַ/יִּקְח֥וּ אֹת֖/וֹ אֶל דָּוִ֑ד וַ/יִּתְּנוּ ל֥/וֹ לֶ֨חֶם֙ וַ/יֹּ֔אכַל וַ/יַּשְׁקֻ֖/הוּ מָֽיִם
English Translation
And they found a man from Egypt in the field, and they took him to David, and they gave him bread, and he ate, and they gave him water to drink.
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Chapter 30 Context
1
Three days later, when David and his men arrived home at their town of Ziklag, they found that the A...
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They had carried off the women and children and everyone else but without killing anyone.
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When David and his men saw the ruins and realized what had happened to their families,
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they wept until they could weep no more.
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David’s two wives, Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal from Carmel, were among thos...
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David was now in great danger because all his men were very bitter about losing their sons and daugh...
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Then he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring me the ephod!” So Abiathar brought it.
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Then David asked the LORD, “Should I chase after this band of raiders? Will I catch them?” And the L...
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9
So David and his 600 men set out, and they came to the brook Besor.
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But 200 of the men were too exhausted to cross the brook, so David continued the pursuit with 400 me...
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11
Along the way they found an Egyptian man in a field and brought him to David. They gave him some bre...
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They also gave him part of a fig cake and two clusters of raisins, for he hadn’t had anything to eat...
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“To whom do you belong, and where do you come from?” David asked him. “I am an Egyptian — the slave...
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14
We were on our way back from raiding the Kerethites in the Negev, the territory of Judah, and the la...
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“Will you lead me to this band of raiders?” David asked. The young man replied, “If you take an oath...
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So he led David to them, and they found the Amalekites spread out across the fields, eating and drin...
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David and his men rushed in among them and slaughtered them throughout that night and the entire nex...
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18
David got back everything the Amalekites had taken, and he rescued his two wives.
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Nothing was missing: small or great, son or daughter, nor anything else that had been taken. David b...
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He also recovered all the flocks and herds, and his men drove them ahead of the other livestock. “Th...
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Then David returned to the brook Besor and met up with the 200 men who had been left behind because...
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But some evil troublemakers among David’s men said, “They didn’t go with us, so they can’t have any...
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But David said, “No, my brothers! Don’t be selfish with what the LORD has given us. He has kept us s...
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Who will listen when you talk like this? We share and share alike — those who go to battle and those...
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From then on David made this a decree and regulation for Israel, and it is still followed today.
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When he arrived at Ziklag, David sent part of the plunder to the elders of Judah, who were his frien...
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The gifts were sent to the people of the following towns David had visited: Bethel, Ramoth-negev, Ja...
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Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa,
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Racal, the towns of the Jerahmeelites, the towns of the Kenites,
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Hormah, Bor-ashan, Athach,
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Hebron, and all the other places David and his men had visited.
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