1 Samuel 30:18

1 Samuel 30:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.
• New International Version (NIV)David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.
• English Standard Version (ESV)David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and David rescued his two wives.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away, and David rescued his two wives.

Context of 1 Samuel 30:18

16When he brought David down, the Amalekites had disbanded and spread over all the land, eating and drinking and dancing because of all the great spoil they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah. 17Then David [and his men] struck them down [in battle] from twilight until the evening of the next day; and not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode camels and fled. So David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and rescued his two wives. 19Nothing of theirs was missing whether small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything that had been taken; David recovered it all. 20So David captured all the flocks and herds [which the enemy had], and [the people] drove those animals before him and said, “This is David’s spoil.”

1 Samuel 30:18 word by word

וַיַּצֵּ֣ל דָּוִ֔ד אֵ֛ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר לָקְח֖וּ עֲמָלֵ֑ק וְאֶת־שְׁתֵּ֥י נָשָׁ֖יו הִצִּ֥יל דָּוִֽד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• recoveredנָצַלnâtsal · to rescueH5337
• all that the Amalekitesעֲמָלֵק‛ămâlêq · AmalekH6002
• had carried awayלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• his twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• wivesאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 30:18

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-20Verses 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.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 30:18

• Abigail
• Ahinoam
• Amalekites

In the dictionaries

• David
• Ahinoam
• Amalekite
• Belong
• Recover
• Faint
• Samuel, Books of
• Zebah and Zalmunna

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings