1 Samuel 30

1 and to be in/on/with to come (in): come David and human his Ziklag in/on/with day [the] third and Amalekite to strip to(wards) Negeb and to(wards) Ziklag and to smite [obj] Ziklag and to burn [obj] her in/on/with fire

Three days later, when David and his men arrived at Ziklag, [they discovered that] men of the Amalek people-group had raided Ziklag and [towns in] the southern part of Judah. They had destroyed Ziklag and burned down all the buildings.

2 and to take captive [obj] [the] woman which in/on/with her from small and till great: large not to die man: anyone and to lead and to go: went to/for way: journey their

They had captured the women [and the children] and everyone else, and had taken them away. But they had not killed anyone.

3 and to come (in): come David and human his to(wards) [the] city and behold to burn in/on/with fire and woman: wife their and son: child their and daughter their to take captive

When David and his men came to Ziklag, they saw that the town had been burned, and that their wives and sons and daughters had been captured and taken away.

4 and to lift: loud David and [the] people which with him [obj] voice their and to weep till which nothing in/on/with them strength to/for to weep

David and his men cried loudly, until [they were so weak that] they could not cry [any more].

5 and two woman: wife David to take captive Ahinoam [the] Jezreel and Abigail woman: wife Nabal [the] Carmelite

David’s two wives, Ahinoam and Abigail, had also been taken away.

6 and be distressed to/for David much for to say [the] people to/for to stone him for to rebel soul all [the] people man: anyone upon (son: child his *QK) and upon daughter his and to strengthen: strengthen David in/on/with LORD God his

David’s men were threatening to [kill him by] throwing stones at him, because they were very angry because their sons and daughters [had been taken away]. David was very distressed, but Yahweh his God gave him strength.

7 and to say David to(wards) Abiathar [the] priest son: child Ahimelech to approach: bring [emph?] please to/for me [the] ephod and to approach: bring Abiathar [obj] [the] ephod to(wards) David

David [did not know what to do, so he] said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring to me the sacred vest.” So Abiathar brought it,

8 and to ask David in/on/with LORD to/for to say to pursue after [the] band [the] this to overtake him and to say to/for him to pursue for to overtake to overtake and to rescue to rescue

and David asked Yahweh, “Should I [and my men] pursue the men [who took our families]? Will we [be able to] catch up to them?” Yahweh answered [by means of the stones in Abiathar’s sacred pouch], “Yes, pursue them. You will catch up to them, and you will be able to rescue [your families].”

9 and to go: went David he/she/it and six hundred man which with him and to come (in): come till torrent: valley [the] Besor and [the] to remain to stand: stand

So David and the 600 men who were with him left, and they came to the Besor Ravine. Some of his men stayed there [with some of their supplies].

10 and to pursue David he/she/it and four hundred man and to stand: stand hundred man which to faint from to pass [obj] torrent: valley [the] Besor

David and 400 men continued to pursue [the men who captured their families]. The other 200 men stayed there at the ravine, because they were so exhausted that they could not cross the ravine.

11 and to find man Egyptian in/on/with land: country and to take: bring [obj] him to(wards) David and to give: give to/for him food: bread and to eat and to water: drink him water

[As David and the 400 men were going], they saw a man from Egypt in a field; so they took him to David. They gave the man some water to drink and some food to eat.

12 and to give: give to/for him millstone fig cake and two cluster and to eat and to return: rescue spirit his to(wards) him for not to eat food: bread and not to drink water three day and three night

They also gave him a piece of fig cake and two clusters/packs of raisins. The man had not had anything to eat or drink for three days and nights, but [after he ate and drank] he felt refreshed.

13 and to say to/for him David to/for who? you(m. s.) and where? from this you(m. s.) and to say youth Egyptian I servant/slave to/for man Amalekite and to leave: forsake me lord my for be weak: ill [the] day three

David asked him, “Who is your master? And where do you come from?” He replied, “I am from Egypt. I am a slave of a man from the Amalek people-group. Three days ago my master left me here, because I was sick [and I was not able to go with them].

14 we to strip Negeb [the] Cherethite and upon which to/for Judah and upon Negeb Caleb and [obj] Ziklag to burn in/on/with fire

We had raided the southern part of Judah where the Kereth people-group live, and some other towns in Judah, and the area south [of Hebron city] where the descendants of Caleb live. We also burned Ziklag [town].”

15 and to say to(wards) him David to go down me to(wards) [the] band [the] this and to say to swear [emph?] to/for me in/on/with God if: surely no to die me and if: surely no to shut me in/on/with hand: power lord my and to go down you to(wards) [the] band [the] this

David asked him, “Can you lead us to this group of raiders?” He replied, “Yes, [I will do that] if you ask God to listen while you promise that you will not kill me or give me back to my master. If you promise that, I will take you to them.”

16 and to go down him and behold to leave upon face: surface all [the] land: country/planet to eat and to drink and to celebrate in/on/with all [the] spoil [the] great: large which to take: take from land: country/planet Philistine and from land: country/planet Judah

[David agreed to do that, ] so the man from Egypt led David [and his men] to where the men from the Amalek people-group were. Those men were lying on the ground, eating and drinking and celebrating because of having captured many things from the Philistia and Judah areas.

17 and to smite them David from [the] twilight and till [the] evening to/for morrow their and not to escape from them man: anyone that if: except if: except four hundred man youth which to ride upon [the] camel and to flee

David [and his men] fought against them from sunset that day until the evening of the following day. Four hundred of them escaped and rode away on camels, but none of the others escaped.

18 and to rescue David [obj] all which to take: take Amalek and [obj] two woman: wife his to rescue David

David rescued his two wives, and he and his men got back everything else that the men of the Amalek people-group had taken.

19 and not to lack to/for them from [the] small and till [the] great: large and till son: child and daughter and from spoil and till all which to take: take to/for them [the] all to return: return David

Nothing was missing. They took all their people back [to Ziklag]—young people and old people, [their wives], their sons and their daughters. They also recovered all the other things that the men of the Amalek people-group had taken from Ziklag.

20 and to take: take David [obj] all [the] flock and [the] cattle to lead to/for face: before [the] livestock [the] he/she/it and to say this spoil David

They took with them the sheep and cattle that had been captured, and his men caused those animals to go in front of them, saying, “These are animals that we captured in the battle; they belong to David!”

21 and to come (in): come David to(wards) hundred [the] human which to faint from to go: follow after David and to dwell them in/on/with torrent: valley [the] Besor and to come out: come to/for to encounter: meet David and to/for to encounter: meet [the] people which with him and to approach: approach David [obj] [the] people and to ask to/for them to/for peace: greeting

David and his men got back to where the other 200 men were waiting, the men who did not go with David because they were very exhausted. They had stayed at Besor Ravine. [When they saw David and his men coming], they went out to greet them. And David [greeted them and] said to them, “I hope that things are going well with you!”

22 and to answer all man bad: evil and Belial from [the] human which to go: went with David and to say because which not to go: went with me not to give: give to/for them from [the] spoil which to rescue for if: except man: anyone [obj] woman: wife his and [obj] son: child his and to lead and to go: went

But some of the men who had gone with David, men who were evil and troublemakers, said, “These 200 men did not go with us. So we should not give to them any of the things that we recovered/captured. Each of them should take only his wife and children and go [back to their homes].”

23 and to say David not to make: do so brother: male-sibling my [obj] which to give: give LORD to/for us and to keep: guard [obj] us and to give: give [obj] [the] band [the] to come (in): come upon us in/on/with hand: power our

David replied, “No, my fellow Israelis, it would not be right to divide up like that the things that Yahweh has allowed us to capture. Yahweh has protected us and enabled us to defeat the enemies who attacked our town.

24 and who? to hear: hear to/for you to/for word: thing [the] this for like/as portion [the] to go down in/on/with battle and like/as portion [the] to dwell upon [the] article/utensil together to divide

(Who will pay attention to you if you say things like that?/No one will pay attention to you if you say things like that.) [RHQ] The men who stayed here with our supplies will get the same amount that the men who went into the battle will get. They will all receive the same amount.”

25 and to be from [the] day: today [the] he/she/it and above [to] and to set: make her to/for statute: decree and to/for justice: judgement to/for Israel till [the] day: today [the] this

David made that to be a law [DOU] for the Israeli people, and that is still a law in Israel.

26 and to come (in): come David to(wards) Ziklag and to send: depart from [the] spoil to/for old: elder Judah to/for neighbor his to/for to say behold to/for you blessing from spoil enemy LORD

When David [and all the others] arrived in Ziklag, David sent to his friends who were leaders in Judah some of the things that they had captured from the Amalek people-group. He said to them, “Here is a present for you. These are things that we took from Yahweh’s enemies.”

27 to/for which in/on/with Bethel Bethel and to/for which in/on/with Ramoth Negeb and to/for which in/on/with Jattir

[Here is a list of the cities and towns to whose leaders David sent gifts: ] Bethel, Ramoth in the southern part of Judah, Jattir,

28 and to/for which in/on/with Aroer and to/for which in/on/with Siphmoth and to/for which in/on/with Eshtemoa

Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa,

29 and to/for which in/on/with Racal and to/for which in/on/with city [the] Jerahmeelite and to/for which in/on/with city [the] Kenite

Racal, the cities where the descendants of Jehrameel lived and the cities where the Ken people-group lived,

30 and to/for which in/on/with Hormah and to/for which in/on/with Bor-ashan Bor-ashan and to/for which in/on/with Athach

Hormah, Bor-Ashan, Athach,

31 and to/for which in/on/with Hebron and to/for all [the] place which to go: walk there David he/she/it and human his

Hebron, and all the other places where David and his men had gone [when they were hiding from Saul].