1 Samuel 30:18 David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.

◄ 1 Samuel 30:18 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.

English Standard Version
David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and David rescued his two wives.

New American Standard Bible
So David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and rescued his two wives.

King James Bible
And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken; he also rescued his two wives.

International Standard Version
David rescued everyone whom the Amalekites had captured, including his two wives.

American Standard Version
And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So David recovered all that the Amalecites had taken, and he rescued his two wives.

Darby Bible Translation
And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken: and David recovered his two wives.

Young's Literal Translation
And David delivereth all that the Amalekites have taken; also his two wives hath David delivered.

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

30:16-20 Sinners are nearest to ruin, when they cry, Peace and safety, and put the evil day far from them. Nor does any thing give our spiritual enemies more advantage than sensuality and indulgence. Eating and drinking, and dancing, have been the soft and pleasant way in which many have gone down to the congregation of the dead. The spoil was recovered, and brought off; nothing was lost, but a great deal gained.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

1Sa 30:16-31. And Recovers His Two Wives and All the Spoil.

16. they were spread abroad upon all the earth—Believing that David and all his men of war were far away, engaged with the Philistine expedition, they deemed themselves perfectly secure and abandoned themselves to all manner of barbaric revelry. The promise made in answer to the devout inquiries of David (1Sa 30:8) was fulfilled. The marauders were surprised and panic-stricken. A great slaughter ensued—the people as well as the booty taken from Ziklag was recovered, besides a great amount of spoil which they had collected in a wide, freebooting excursion.