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... Focus ↗
2 And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but c... Focus ↗
3 So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and th... 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, Ahimelech’s son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And... Focus ↗
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... Focus ↗
10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that t... 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 an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah,... Focus ↗
15 And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God (... Focus ↗
16 And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and dri... 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 carried away: 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 th... 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 us, who hath p... Focus ↗
24 For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so s... Focus ↗
25 And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this... 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 Bethel, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jat... Focus ↗
28 And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Esht... Focus ↗
29 And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to... Focus ↗
30 And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chor-ashan, and to them which were in A... Focus ↗
31 And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to... Focus ↗