1 Samuel 30:1-2

David Defeats the Amalekites

30:1 On the third day David and his men came to Ziklag. Now the Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They attacked Ziklag and burned it. ¹  30:2 They took captive the women who were in it, from the youngest to the oldest, but they did not kill anyone. They simply carried them off and went on their way.

1 Samuel 30:16

30:16 So he took David ²  down, and they found them spread out over the land. They were eating and drinking and enjoying themselves because of all the loot ³  they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.

[30:1]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text adds “with fire.”

[30:16]  ² tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[30:16]  ³ tn Heb “because of all the large plunder.”