1 Samuel 30:3

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When David and his men came to the city, they saw that it had been burned, and their wives, sons, and daughters had been taken captive.

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  • Ps 34:19 : 19 The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
  • Heb 12:6 : 6 For the Lord disciplines those He loves, and He chastises every son He accepts.
  • 1 Pet 1:6-7 : 6 In this you rejoice greatly, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, 7 so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more valuable than gold that perishes though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
  • Rev 3:9 : 9 Look, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are not—they are liars—come and bow down before your feet, and they will know that I have loved you.

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  • 1 Sam 30:4-6
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    83%

    4Then David and the people who were with him lifted their voices and wept until they could weep no more because they had no strength left.

    5Both of David’s wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of Carmel, had been taken captive.

    6David was greatly distressed because the people talked about stoning him. They were all bitter in spirit because of their sons and daughters, but David found strength in the Lord his God.

  • 1 Sam 30:1-2
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    82%

    1On the third day, when David and his men arrived at Ziklag, they found that the Amalekites had invaded the Negev and Ziklag. They had attacked Ziklag and burned it to the ground.

    2The Amalekites had taken the women and everyone in the city captive, from the youngest to the oldest. They had not killed anyone but had taken them away as prisoners and gone on their way.

  • 1 Sam 30:16-23
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    16He led David down to them, and there they were, scattered over the countryside, eating, drinking, and celebrating because of the great spoil they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from Judah.

    17David attacked them from twilight until the evening of the next day. None of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode off on camels and fled.

    18David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.

    19Nothing was missing, whether young or old, son or daughter, or anything else they had taken. David brought everything back.

    20David took all the flocks and herds, and his men drove them ahead of the other livestock, saying, "This is David’s spoil."

    21Then David returned to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him and had stayed behind at the Besor Valley. They came out to meet David and the troops with him, and David greeted them warmly.

    22Then all the wicked and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, "Since they did not go with us, we will not give them any of the spoil we recovered. However, each man may take his wife and children and leave."

    23But David said, "You must not act this way, my brothers, with what the Lord has given us. He has protected us and delivered the raiding party that came against us into our hands.

  • Gen 34:28-29
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    75%

    28They took their flocks, herds, donkeys, and everything in the city and in the fields.

    29They carried off all their wealth, their children, and their wives, taking everything in the houses as plunder.

  • 1 Sam 27:9
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    9David attacked the land and did not leave alive a man or woman. He took sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and clothing, and then he returned and went to Achish.

  • Num 31:9-10
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    9The Israelites captured the women of Midian and their children, and they took all their livestock, all their goods, and all their wealth as plunder.

    10They burned all the towns where the Midianites had lived and all their encampments with fire.

  • 2 Chr 29:9
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    9This is why our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons, daughters, and wives are in captivity today.

  • 2 Sam 2:3
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    3David also brought up the men who were with him, each man with his household, and they settled in the towns of Hebron.

  • 1 Chr 14:3
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    3David took more wives in Jerusalem, and he had more sons and daughters.

  • 2 Sam 12:31
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    31He brought out the people who were there, consigning them to labor with saws, iron picks, and axes, and made them work at brickmaking. David did this to all the Ammonite towns. Then he and his entire army returned to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Sam 30:14
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    14"We raided the Negev of the Kerethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag."

  • 2 Sam 20:3
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    3When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to take care of the house and placed them in confinement, providing for them but no longer going to them. They remained confined like widows until the day of their death.

  • 1 Chr 14:12
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    12There the Philistines abandoned their gods, and David gave orders to burn them in the fire.

  • 2 Chr 28:8
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    8The Israelites took captive 200,000 people from their relatives—women, sons, and daughters. They also took a great amount of plunder and brought it to Samaria.

  • 2 Sam 5:21
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    21The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them away.

  • 2 Sam 12:29
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    29So David gathered all the troops, went to Rabbah, fought against it, and captured it.

  • Ps 78:63
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    63Fire consumed their young men, and their virgins were not given in marriage.

  • 1 Sam 31:12
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    12all their valiant men rose up, traveled through the night, and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. They brought them to Jabesh and burned them there.

  • Judg 1:8
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    8The men of Judah fought against Jerusalem, captured it, struck it down with the sword, and set the city on fire.

  • Jer 38:23
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    23They will also bring out all your wives and your children to the Babylonians. You yourself will not escape from their hands but will be captured by the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned down."

  • 2 Chr 21:17
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    17They attacked Judah, invaded it, and carried away all the possessions found in the king's palace, along with his sons and wives. The only son left to him was Jehoahaz, his youngest son.

  • Jer 18:21
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    21So give their children over to famine; hand them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives become childless and widowed, and let their men die by deadly disease; let their young men be struck down in battle.

  • Lam 5:11
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    11Women in Zion were violated, virgins in the cities of Judah.

  • 1 Chr 20:3
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    3He brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron tools, and axes. David did this to all the cities of the Ammonites. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

  • Deut 2:34
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    34At that time we captured all his cities and completely destroyed every city, including the men, women, and children; we left no survivors.

  • Isa 13:16
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    16Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered, and their wives will be violated.

  • 2 Sam 1:11
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    11Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same.

  • 2 Sam 5:13
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    13After coming from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.

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  • Jer 51:30
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  • 2 Sam 15:14
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  • Deut 21:10
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