1 And it came to pass, when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid upon the south, and upon Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag and burned it with fire;
2 and had taken the women captives that were in it; both great and small: they had put none to death, but had carried them off, and went on their way.
3 And David and his men came to the city, and behold, it was burnt with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters were taken captives.
4 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
5 And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jizreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him; for the soul of all the people was embittered, every man because of his sons and because of his daughters; but David strengthened himself in Jehovah his God.
7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, Bring near to me, I pray thee, the ephod. And Abiathar brought the ephod near to David.
8 And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he said to him, Pursue; for thou shalt assuredly overtake {them} and shalt certainly recover.
9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and they came to the torrent Besor; and those that were left stayed behind.
10 And David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were too exhausted to go over the torrent Besor.
11 And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink,
12 and gave him a piece of fig-cake and two raisin-cakes, and he ate, and his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, for three days and three nights.
13 And David said to him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant of an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick.
14 We made a raid against the south of the Cherethites, and against what {belongs} to Judah, and against the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.
15 And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this troop? And he said, Swear to me by God, that thou wilt neither put me to death nor deliver me up into the hand of my master, and I will bring thee down to this troop.
16 And he brought him down, and behold, they were spread over the whole land, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
17 And David smote them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day; and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, who rode upon camels, and fled.
18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken: and David recovered his two wives.
19 And there was nothing missed by them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil nor anything that they had taken: David brought all back.
20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, {which} they drove before the other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.
21 And David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow David, and whom they had left behind at the torrent Besor; and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him; and David drew near to the people and saluted them.
22 And all the wicked men, and {men} of Belial, of those that had gone with David, answered and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them {aught} of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead {them} away and depart.
23 Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which Jehovah has given us, who has preserved us, and given the troop that came against us into our hand.
24 And who will hearken to you in this matter? For as his share is that goes down to the battle, so shall his share be that abides by the baggage: they shall share alike.
25 And it was {so} from that day forward; and he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.
26 And David came to Ziklag, and he sent of the spoil to the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of Jehovah:
27 to those in Bethel, and to those in south Ramoth, and to those in Jattir,
28 and to those in Aroer, and to those in Siphmoth, and to those in Eshtemoa,
29 and to those in Rachal, and to those in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those in the cities of the Kenites,
30 and to those in Hormah, and to those in Chor-ashan, and to those in Athach,
31 and to those in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men went about.
1 Kun Daavid miehinensä kolmantena päivänä tuli Siklagiin, olivat amalekilaiset tehneet ryöstöretken Etelämaahan ja Siklagiin, ja he olivat vallanneet Siklagin ja polttaneet sen tulella.
2 Naiset, mitä siellä oli, sekä pienet että suuret, he olivat ottaneet vangiksi, surmaamatta ketään; he olivat vieneet ne pois ja menneet matkoihinsa.
3 Kun Daavid miehinensä tuli kaupunkiin, niin katso, se oli tulella poltettu, ja heidän vaimonsa, poikansa ja tyttärensä oli otettu vangiksi.
4 Silloin Daavid ja väki, joka oli hänen kanssaan, korottivat äänensä ja itkivät, kunnes eivät enää jaksaneet itkeä.
5 Vangiksi oli otettu myös Daavidin molemmat vaimot, jisreeliläinen Ahinoam ja Abigail, karmelilaisen Naabalin vaimo.
6 Ja Daavid joutui suureen hätään, sillä kansa aikoi kivittää hänet: niin katkeroitunut oli koko kansa, kukin poikiensa ja tyttäriensä tähden. Mutta Daavid rohkaisi mielensä Herrassa, Jumalassansa.
9 Niin Daavid lähti, hän ja ne kuusisataa miestä, jotka olivat hänen kanssaan, ja he tulivat Besorin purolle; siihen pysähtyivät ne, jotka olivat jääneet muista jälkeen.
10 Mutta Daavid jatkoi takaa-ajoa neljänsadan miehen kanssa; sillä niitä, jotka väsyneinä pysähtyivät eivätkä menneet Besorin puron poikki, oli kaksisataa miestä.
11 Ja he tapasivat kedolla egyptiläisen miehen ja toivat hänet Daavidin luo. He antoivat hänelle leipää syödä ja vettä juoda,
12 ja he antoivat vielä hänelle viikunakakun ja kaksi rusinakakkua syödä. Silloin hän virkosi henkiin; sillä hän ei ollut syönyt eikä juonut kolmeen vuorokauteen.
16 Ja hän vei hänet sinne; ja katso, heitä oli hajallaan maassa kaikkialla syömässä, juomassa ja juhlimassa kaikella sillä suurella saaliilla, jonka olivat ottaneet filistealaisten maasta ja Juudan maasta.
17 Niin Daavid kaatoi heitä aamuhämärästä iltaan asti; eikä heistä pelastunut kuin neljäsataa nuorta miestä, jotka nousivat kamelien selkään ja pakenivat.
18 Ja Daavid pelasti kaikki, mitä amalekilaiset olivat ottaneet; myös molemmat vaimonsa Daavid pelasti.
19 Ei ketään puuttunut, ei pientä eikä suurta, ei kenenkään poikaa eikä kenenkään tytärtä eikä saalista tai muuta, mitä he olivat ottaneet itsellensä; kaiken Daavid toi takaisin.
21 Ja kun Daavid tuli niiden kahdensadan miehen luo, jotka olivat väsyneet, jaksamatta seurata Daavidia, ja jotka oli jätetty Besorin purolle, tulivat he Daavidia vastaan ja sitä väkeä, joka oli hänen kanssansa; ja kun Daavid väkineen lähestyi, tervehti hän heitä.
25 Ja sillensä asia jäi silloin ja sen jälkeenkin: hän teki sen säännöksi ja tavaksi Israelissa, aina tähän päivään asti.
27 lahja niille, jotka olivat Beetelissä, Etelämaan Raamotissa, Jattirissa,
28 Aroerissa, Sifmotissa, Estemoassa,
29 Raakalissa, jerahmeelilaisten kaupungeissa, keeniläisten kaupungeissa,
30 Hormassa, Boor-Aasanissa, Atakissa
31 ja Hebronissa, ja samoin lahja kaikille muille paikkakunnille, joissa Daavid miehinensä oli kulkenut.