Verse 8
1 Samuel 30:8
New King James Version
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.
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...
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2
And had taken the women captives, that
were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but c...
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3
So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and th...
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4
Then David and the people that
were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more...
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5
And David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal t...
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6
And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the p...
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7
And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And...
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8
And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And...
9
So David went, he and the six hundred men that
were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where tho...
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10
But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that t...
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11
And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did ea...
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12
And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his...
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13
And David said unto him, To whom
belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I
am a young man...
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14
We made an invasion
upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon
the coast which
belongeth to Judah,...
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15
And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God (...
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16
And when he had brought him down, behold,
they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and dri...
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17
And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not...
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18
And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.
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19
And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither...
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20
And David took all the flocks and the herds,
which they drave before those
other cattle, and said, T...
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21
And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom th...
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22
Then answered all the wicked men and
men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because...
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23
Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath p...
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24
For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part
is that goeth down to the battle, so
s...
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25
And it was
so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this...
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26
And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah,
even to his friends, s...
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27
To
them which
were in Bethel, and to
them
which
were in south Ramoth, and to
them which
were in Jat...
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28
And to
them which
were in Aroer, and to
them
which
were in Siphmoth, and to
them which
were in Esht...
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29
And to
them which
were in Rachal, and to
them
which
were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to...
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30
And to
them which
were in Hormah, and to
them
which
were in Chor-ashan, and to
them which
were in A...
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31
And to
them which
were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to...
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