1 Samuel 30:18
in 1 Samuel 30So David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.
KJV
And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.
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This verse in 1 Samuel 30
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away,.... The wives and children of the Israelites, and their goods, excepting the provisions they had eaten: and David rescued his two wives; which is particularly observed, because a special concern of his.
This site's exposition
David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day
on 1 Samuel 30:17-20
Only four hundred young men escape, riding off on camels. Saul had been told at 15:3 to destroy Amalek's camels with the rest, a link Clarke and Keil and Delitzsch note. David recovers everything taken, wives, sons and daughters, and the flocks become in his men's words “David’s plunder.”
This site's exposition
including his two wives
Matthew Henry observes that the Amalekites kept everything they had taken with care, thinking they kept it for themselves. David recovered it all for its owners. John Gill notes that his two wives are named as David's own special concern.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Providence had so ordered it that the Amalekites carefully preserved all that they had taken, concluding that they kept it for themselves, though really they preserved it for the right owners, so that there was nothing lacking to them; so it proved, when they concluded all was gone: so much better is God oftentimes to us than our own fears.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
Of the next day. The Amaleikites are accustomed to being defeated on the second day [of battle], as it is stated, "tomorrow I will stand…" 3 Shemos:9. Therefore, it states, "on the(ir) next day."
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 7 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּצֵּ֣ל | vaiyatzel | and he rescued | H5337 → | 212 times |
| דָּוִ֔ד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| אֵ֛ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לָקְח֖וּ | lakechu | they had taken | H3947 → | 966 times |
| עֲמָלֵ֑ק | ʾamalek | Amalek | H6002 → | 39 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׁתֵּ֥י | shetei | [the] two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| נָשָׁ֖יו | nashav | wives his | H802 → | 781 times |
| הִצִּ֥יל | hitzil | he rescued | H5337 → | 212 times |
| דָּוִֽד׃ | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
וַיַּצֵּ֣לand he rescued
vaiyatzelH5337 →212 times
דָּוִ֔דDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
אֵ֛ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לָקְח֖וּthey had taken
lakechuH3947 →966 times
עֲמָלֵ֑קAmalek
ʾamalekH6002 →39 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
שְׁתֵּ֥י[the] two
sheteiH8147 →768 times
נָשָׁ֖יוwives his
nashavH802 →781 times
הִצִּ֥ילhe rescued
hitzilH5337 →212 times
דָּוִֽד׃David
davidH1732 →999 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 14:16He retrieved all the goods, as well as his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the rest of the people.
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 30:18–19
So David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.
- 1 Samuel 30:8
and David inquired of the LORD: “Should I pursue these raiders? Will I overtake them?” “Pursue them,” the LORD replied, “for you will surely overtake them and rescue the captives.”
- Isaiah 41:2
Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword,…
- Genesis 14:11–12
The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food, and they went on their way.
- Genesis 12:2
I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
- 1 Samuel 30:18–19
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Books of Samuel and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.