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1 Samuel 30:19

in 1 Samuel 30

Nothing was missing, young or old, son or daughter, or any of the plunder the Amalekites had taken. David brought everything back.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor anything that they had taken to them: David brought back all.

KJV

And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all.

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This verse in 1 Samuel 30

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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.

This site's exposition

smote them from the twilight

on 1 Samuel 30:17-20

The fight runs a full day and night, and four hundred young men escape only because they were mounted on camels. Saul's charge at chapter fifteen had named camel among the beasts to be destroyed with Amalek entire; the animals that carried Saul's spared enemy away here carry this generation's raiders to safety, a continuity the older writers note without pressing it further. David recovers every wife, son and daughter named lost at verse three, and the flocks and herds taken from the Amalekites become, in his own words, David's spoil before any division is settled.

This site's exposition

Nothing was missing, young or old

The list answers the losses of verses 2 and 3 item by item, young and old, sons and daughters. It keeps the promise of verse 8 in full. Bede read the rescue as the Lord bringing deceived souls back to the unity of the church.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Samuel · Written before 735.

proposed

Therefore David rescued everything, etc. By conquering or correcting or avenging, or exposing the wicked doctrine of the heresies' founders, the Lord rescues the souls they had deceived and brings them back to the unity of Catholic peace.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters,....

The words behind it

19 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְלֹ֣אand not

    velo'H3808 →5168 times

  • נֶעְדַּר־it was missing

    ne'dar-H5737 →

  • לָ֠הֶםto <the> them

    lahem

  • מִן־from

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • הַקָּטֹ֨ןthe small

    hakatonH6996 →101 times

  • וְעַד־and unto

    vead-H5704 →1261 times

  • הַגָּד֜וֹלthe great

    hagadolH1419 →526 times

  • וְעַד־and unto

    vead-H5704 →1261 times

  • בָּנִ֤יםsons

    banimH1121 →4930 times

  • וּבָנוֹת֙and daughters

    uvanotH1323 →588 times

  • וּמִשָּׁלָ֔לand from [the] booty

    umishalalH7998 →73 times

  • וְעַ֛דand unto

    veadH5704 →1261 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רthat

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • לָקְח֖וּthey had taken

    lakechuH3947 →966 times

  • לָהֶ֑םfor <the> themselves

    lahem

  • הַכֹּ֖ל<the> everything

    hakolH3605 →5413 times

  • הֵשִׁ֥יבhe brought back

    heshivH7725 →1056 times

  • דָּוִֽד׃David

    davidH1732 →999 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

8 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Psalms 91:9–10Because you have made the LORD your dwelling— my refuge, the Most High—5 works1 Samuel 30:8and 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.”5 worksPsalms 34:9–10Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing.4 worksJob 1:10Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.4 worksMatthew 6:33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.4 worksGenesis 14:14–16And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.3 works
The other 2 cross-references, with their words ▾
Numbers 31:49and said, “Your servants have counted the soldiers under our command, and not one of us is missing.2 works1 Samuel 30:2They had taken captive the women and all who were there, both young and old. They had not killed anyone, but had carried them off as they went on their way.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Matthew 6:33

    But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

    it leads to

    • Luke 12:31

      But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added unto you.

    • Matthew 5:6

      Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

    • John 6:27

      Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of…

    • Psalms 34:9–10

      Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing.

    • Psalms 84:11–12

      For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.

  • Through

    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.”

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 30:18

      So David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.

    • 1 Samuel 23:2

      So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go and attack these Philistines?” And the LORD said to David, “Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah.”

  • Through

    Job 1:10

    Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the…

    it leads to

    • Psalms 34:7

      The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.

About 1 Samuel

David Slays Goliath, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
David Slays Goliath, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Commentary on Samuel; 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.

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