09:029:008 And David said unto Achish, But what have
I done? and what
hast
thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with
thee
unto this day, that I may not go fight against the
enemies
of my lord the king?
09:029:009 And Achish answered and said to David,
I know that thou art
good
in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding
the
princes
of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with
us
to the battle.
09:029:010 Wherefore now rise up early in the morning
with thy master’s
servants
that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be
up
early
in the morning, and have light, depart.
09:029:011 So David and his men rose up early to depart
in the morning,
to
return into the land of the Philistines. And the
Philistines
went up to Jezreel.
09:030:001 And it came to pass, when David and his
men were come to
Ziklag
on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the
south,
and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with
fire;
09:030:002 And had taken the women captives, that
were therein: they slew
not
any, either great or small, but carried them away,
and
went
on their way.
09:030:003 So David and his men came to the city,
and, behold, it was
burned
with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their
daughters,
were taken captives.
09:030:004 Then David and the people that were with
him lifted up their
voice
and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
09:030:005 And David’s two wives were taken
captives, Ahinoam the
Jezreelitess,
and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
09:030:006 And David was greatly distressed; for the
people spake of
stoning
him, because the soul of all the people was grieved,
every
man for his sons and for his daughters: but David
encouraged
himself in the lord his God.
09:030:007 And David said to Abiathar the priest,
Ahimelech’s son, I pray
thee,
bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought
thither
the
ephod to David.
09:030:008 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.
09:030:009 So David went, he and the six hundred men
that were with him,
and
came to the brook Besor, where those that were left
behind
stayed.
09:030:010 But David pursued, he and four hundred
men: for two hundred
abode
behind, which were so faint that they could not go
over
the
brook Besor.


