Verse 8

1 Samuel 30:8

English Revised Version

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8 And David inquired of the LORD, saying, If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and shalt without fail recover all.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יִּשְׁאַ֨ל דָּוִ֤ד בַּֽ/יהוָה֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר אֶרְדֹּ֛ף אַחֲרֵ֥י הַ/גְּדוּד הַ/זֶּ֖ה הַֽ/אַשִּׂגֶ֑/נּוּ וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר ל/וֹ֙ רְדֹ֔ף כִּֽי הַשֵּׂ֥ג תַּשִּׂ֖יג וְ/הַצֵּ֥ל תַּצִּֽיל

English Translation

And David asked the LORD, saying, "Shall I pursue this raiding party? Will I overtake them?" And He said to him, "Pursue, for you will certainly overtake them and succeed in the rescue."

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Chapter 30 Context

1 And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekite... Focus ↗

2 and had taken captive the women and all that were therein, both small and great: they slew not any,... Focus ↗

3 And when David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and t... Focus ↗

4 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more... Focus ↗

5 And David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal t... Focus ↗

6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the p... Focus ↗

7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod.... Focus ↗

8 And David inquired of the LORD, saying, If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake them? And he...

9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where tho... Focus ↗

10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred stayed behind, which were so faint that... Focus ↗

11 And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did ea... Focus ↗

12 And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins; and when he had eaten, his... Focus ↗

13 And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man... Focus ↗

14 We made a raid upon the South of the Cherethites, and upon that which belongeth to Judah, and upon t... Focus ↗

15 And David said to him, Wilt thou bring me down to this troop? And he said, Swear unto me by God (Elo... Focus ↗

16 And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the ground, eating and dr... Focus ↗

17 And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not... Focus ↗

18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken: and David rescued his two wives. Focus ↗

19 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither... Focus ↗

20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, T... Focus ↗

21 And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom al... Focus ↗

22 Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because... Focus ↗

23 Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given unto us, who h... Focus ↗

24 And who will hearken unto you in this matter? for as his share is that goeth down to the battle, so... Focus ↗

25 And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel, unto thi... Focus ↗

26 And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, s... Focus ↗

27 To them which were in Beth-el, and to them which were in Ramoth of the South, and to them which were... Focus ↗

28 and to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshte... Focus ↗

29 and to them which were in Racal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to t... Focus ↗

30 and to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Cor-ashan, and to them which were in Ath... Focus ↗

31 and to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: 1 Samuel
Chapter: Chapter 30 (31 verses)
Version: English Revised Version

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