1 Samuel 30:1

American Standard Version (1901)

And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid upon the South, and upon Ziklag, and had smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire,

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  • 1 Sam 15:7 : 7 And Saul smote the Amalekites, from Havilah as thou goest to Shur, that is before Egypt.
  • 1 Sam 29:11 : 11 So David rose up early, he and his men, to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
  • 1 Sam 27:8-9 : 8 And David and his men went up, and made a raid upon the Geshurites, and the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those [nations] were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt. 9 And David smote the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel; and he returned, and came to Achish. 10 And Achish said, Against whom have ye made a raid to-day? And David said, Against the South of Judah, and against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.
  • 1 Sam 29:4 : 4 But he princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make the man return, that he may go back to his place where thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us: for wherewith should this [fellow] reconcile himself unto his lord? should it not be with the heads of these men?
  • Gen 24:62 : 62 And Isaac came from the way of Beer-lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the land of the South.
  • Josh 11:6 : 6 And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them; for to-morrow at this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hock their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
  • 2 Sam 1:2 : 2 it came to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 30:13-14
    2 verses
    84%

    13And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick.

    14We made a raid upon the South of the Cherethites, and upon that which belongeth to Judah, and upon the South of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.

  • 2 Sam 1:1-2
    2 verses
    82%

    1And it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;

    2it came to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.

  • 1 Sam 30:2-4
    3 verses
    82%

    2and had taken captive the women [and all] that were therein, both small and great: they slew not any, but carried them off, and went their way.

    3And when David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captive.

    4Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

  • 1 Sam 30:16-21
    6 verses
    77%

    16And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the ground, 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.

    17And David smote them from the twilight even unto 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.

    18And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.

    19And 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.

    20And David took all the flocks and the herds, [which] they drove before those [other] cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.

    21And David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom also they had made to abide at the brook Besor; and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.

  • 1 Sam 27:8-10
    3 verses
    75%

    8And David and his men went up, and made a raid upon the Geshurites, and the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those [nations] were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.

    9And David smote the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel; and he returned, and came to Achish.

    10And Achish said, Against whom have ye made a raid to-day? And David said, Against the South of Judah, and against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.

  • 1 Sam 30:26
    74%

    26And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold, a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of Jehovah:

  • 1 Chr 4:43
    74%

    43And they smote the remnant of the Amalekites that escaped, and have dwelt there unto this day.

  • 1 Chr 12:1
    73%

    1Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish; and they were among the mighty men, his helpers in war.

  • 1 Sam 14:48
    73%

    48And he did valiantly, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that despoiled them.

  • 1 Sam 23:5
    71%

    5And David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and slew them with a great slaughter. So David save the inhabitants of Keilah.

  • Neh 11:28
    71%

    28and in Ziklag, and in Meconah and in the towns thereof,

  • Judg 6:3
    71%

    3And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east; they came up against them;

  • 1 Sam 27:6
    71%

    6Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.

  • Gen 14:7
    71%

    7And they returned, and came to En-mishpat (the same is Kadesh), and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazazon-tamar.

  • 1 Chr 4:30
    71%

    30and at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,

  • 2 Sam 8:12
    70%

    12of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

  • 1 Sam 15:5
    70%

    5And Saul came to the city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.

  • 1 Sam 15:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I have marked that which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way, when he came up out of Egypt.

    3Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

  • 1 Sam 26:2
    70%

    2Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

  • 1 Sam 15:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7And Saul smote the Amalekites, from Havilah as thou goest to Shur, that is before Egypt.

    8And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

  • 1 Sam 31:8
    70%

    8And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.

  • 2 Sam 1:13
    70%

    13And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a sojourner, an Amalekite.

  • 1 Sam 28:1
    70%

    1And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their hosts together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me in the host, thou and thy men.

  • 1 Sam 23:3
    69%

    3And David's men said unto him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

  • 1 Sam 30:23
    69%

    23Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which Jehovah hath given unto us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand.

  • 1 Sam 23:1
    69%

    1And they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing-floors.

  • 1 Sam 30:31
    69%

    31and to them that were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.

  • 1 Chr 14:12
    69%

    12And they left their gods there; and David gave commandment, and they were burned with fire.

  • 2 Sam 5:21
    69%

    21And they left their images there; and David and his men took them away.

  • 1 Sam 23:24
    69%

    24And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert.

  • 1 Sam 15:18
    69%

    18and Jehovah sent thee on a journey, and said, Go, and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.

  • 1 Sam 15:15
    69%

    15And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto Jehovah thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

  • 1 Sam 24:1
    69%

    1And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.

  • 1 Sam 23:15
    68%

    15And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.

  • 1 Chr 10:8
    68%

    8And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.

  • 1 Sam 27:2
    68%

    2And David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men that were with him, unto Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

  • Exod 17:8
    68%

    8Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.