1 Samuel 30:19

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

There was nothing missing, whether small or great. He retrieved sons and daughters, the plunder, and everything else they had taken. David brought everything back.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 14:14-16 : 14 When Abram heard that his nephew had been taken captive, he mobilized his 318 trained men who had been born in his household, and he pursued the invaders as far as Dan. 15 Then, during the night, Abram divided his forces against them and defeated them. He chased them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus. 16 He retrieved all the stolen property. He also brought back his nephew Lot and his possessions, as well as the women and the rest of the people.
  • 1 Sam 30:8 : 8 David inquired of the LORD, saying,“Should I pursue this raiding band? Will I overtake them?” He said to him,“Pursue, for you will certainly overtake them and carry out a rescue!”
  • Ps 34:9-9 : 9 Fear the LORD, you chosen people of his, for those who fear him lack nothing! 10 Even young lions sometimes lack food and are hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
  • Ps 91:9-9 : 9 For you have taken refuge in the LORD, my shelter, the Most High. 10 No harm will overtake you; no illness will come near your home.
  • Matt 6:33 : 33 But above all pursue his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
  • Job 1:10 : 10 Have you not made a hedge around him and his household and all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock have increased in the land.
  • Num 31:49 : 49 and said to him,“Your servants have taken a count of the men who were in the battle, who were under our authority, and not one is missing.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 30:16-18
    3 verses
    87%

    16So he took David down, and they found them spread out over the land. They were eating and drinking and enjoying themselves because of all the loot they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.

    17But David struck them down from twilight until the following evening. None of them escaped, with the exception of four hundred young men who got away on camels.

    18David retrieved everything the Amalekites had taken; he also rescued his two wives.

  • 1 Sam 30:20-23
    4 verses
    81%

    20David took all the flocks and herds and drove them in front of the rest of the animals. People were saying,“This is David’s plunder!”

    21Then David approached the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to go with him, those whom they had left at the Wadi Besor. They went out to meet David and the people who were with him. When David approached the people, he asked how they were doing.

    22But all the evil and worthless men among those who had gone with David said,“Since they didn’t go with us, we won’t give them any of the loot we retrieved! They may take only their wives and children. Let them lead them away and be gone!”

    23But David said,“No! You shouldn’t do this, my brothers. Look at what the LORD has given us! He has protected us and has delivered into our hands the raiding party that came against us.

  • 1 Sam 30:1-4
    4 verses
    79%

    1David Defeats the Amalekites On the third day David and his men came to Ziklag. Now the Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They attacked Ziklag and burned it.

    2They took captive the women and all who were in it, from the youngest to the oldest, but they did not kill anyone. They simply carried them off and went on their way.

    3When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned. Their wives, sons, and daughters had been taken captive.

    4Then David and the men who were with him wept loudly until they could weep no more.

  • 1 Sam 27:9
    77%

    9When David would attack a district, he would leave neither man nor woman alive. He would take sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and clothing and would then go back to Achish.

  • 1 Sam 30:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8David inquired of the LORD, saying,“Should I pursue this raiding band? Will I overtake them?” He said to him,“Pursue, for you will certainly overtake them and carry out a rescue!”

    9So David went, accompanied by his six hundred men. When he came to the Wadi Besor, those who were in the rear stayed there.

  • 1 Sam 25:21
    72%

    21Now David had been thinking,“In vain I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the wilderness. I didn’t take anything from him. But he has repaid my good with evil.

  • 1 Sam 17:53
    72%

    53When the Israelites returned from their hot pursuit of the Philistines, they looted their camp.

  • Gen 34:28-29
    2 verses
    72%

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

    29They captured as plunder all their wealth, all their little ones, and their wives, including everything in the houses.

  • Num 31:11
    70%

    11They took all the plunder and all the spoils, both people and animals.

  • Gen 14:16
    70%

    16He retrieved all the stolen property. He also brought back his nephew Lot and his possessions, as well as the women and the rest of the people.

  • 1 Sam 14:48
    70%

    48He fought bravely, striking down the Amalekites and delivering Israel from the hand of its enemies.

  • 2 Sam 12:29-30
    2 verses
    69%

    29So David assembled all the army and went to Rabbah and fought against it and captured it.

    30He took the crown of their king from his head– it was gold, weighed about seventy-five pounds, and held a precious stone– and it was placed on David’s head. He also took from the city a great deal of plunder.

  • 2 Sam 8:12
    69%

    12including Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek. This also included some of the plunder taken from King Hadadezer son of Rehob of Zobah.

  • 2 Chr 14:15
    69%

    15They also attacked the tents of the herdsmen in charge of the livestock. They carried off many sheep and camels and then returned to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Sam 27:11
    69%

    11Neither man nor woman would David leave alive so as to bring them back to Gath. He was thinking,“This way they can’t tell on us, saying,‘This is what David did.’” Such was his practice the entire time that he lived in the country of the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 19:8
    69%

    8Now once again there was war. So David went out to fight the Philistines. He defeated them thoroughly and they ran away from him.

  • 1 Chr 18:7
    68%

    7David took the golden shields which Hadadezer’s servants had carried and brought them to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Sam 23:5
    68%

    5So David and his men went to Keilah and fought the Philistines. He took away their cattle and thoroughly defeated them. David delivered the inhabitants of Keilah.

  • 1 Sam 25:12
    68%

    12So David’s servants went on their way. When they had returned, they came and told David all these things.

  • 1 Sam 30:26
    68%

    26When David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to the elders of Judah who were his friends, saying,“Here’s a gift for you from the looting of the LORD’s enemies!”

  • 2 Sam 21:12
    68%

    12he went and took the bones of Saul and of his son Jonathan from the leaders of Jabesh Gilead.(They had secretly taken them from the plaza at Beth Shan. It was there that Philistines publicly exposed their corpses after they had killed Saul at Gilboa.)

  • 1 Sam 17:57
    68%

    57So when David returned from striking down the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul. He still had the head of the Philistine in his hand.

  • 2 Sam 17:3
    68%

    3and will bring the entire army back to you. In exchange for the life of the man you are seeking, you will get back everyone. The entire army will return unharmed.”

  • Num 31:9
    68%

    9The Israelites took the women of Midian captive along with their little ones, and took all their herds, all their flocks, and all their goods as plunder.

  • 2 Sam 8:7
    68%

    7David took the golden shields that belonged to Hadadezer’s servants and brought them to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 17:22
    67%

    22So David and all the people who were with him got up and crossed the Jordan River. By dawn there was not one person left who had not crossed the Jordan.

  • 1 Chr 20:2
    67%

    2David took the crown from the head of their king and wore it(its weight was a talent of gold and it was set with precious stones). He took a large amount of plunder from the city.

  • 1 Sam 15:15
    67%

    15Saul said,“They were brought from the Amalekites; the army spared the best of the flocks and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD our God. But everything else we slaughtered.”

  • 1 Chr 5:21
    67%

    21They seized the Hagrites’ animals, including 50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, and 2,000 donkeys. They also took captive 100,000 people.

  • 1 Sam 12:4
    67%

    4They replied,“You have not wronged us or oppressed us. You have not taken anything from the hand of anyone.”

  • 2 Chr 28:8
    67%

    8The Israelites seized from their brothers 200,000 wives, sons, and daughters. They also carried off a huge amount of plunder and took it back to Samaria.

  • Deut 20:14
    67%

    14However, the women, little children, cattle, and anything else in the city– all its plunder– you may take for yourselves as spoil. You may take from your enemies the plunder that the LORD your God has given you.

  • 1 Sam 25:15
    67%

    15These men were very good to us. They did not insult us, nor did we sustain any loss during the entire time we were together in the field.

  • 1 Chr 19:19
    67%

    19When Hadadezer’s subjects saw they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became his subjects. The Arameans were no longer willing to help the Ammonites.

  • 1 Chr 18:11
    67%

    11King David dedicated these things to the LORD, along with the silver and gold which he had carried off from all the nations, including Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek.

  • 2 Sam 13:30
    67%

    30While they were still on their way, the following report reached David:“Absalom has killed all the king’s sons; not one of them is left!”

  • Isa 42:22
    67%

    22But these people are looted and plundered; all of them are trapped in pits and held captive in prisons. They were carried away as loot with no one to rescue them; they were carried away as plunder, and no one says,“Bring that back!”