1 Samuel 30:2

1 Samuel 30:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.
• New International Version (NIV)and had taken captive the women and everyone else in it, both young and old. They killed none of them, but carried them off as they went on their way.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and taken captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great. They killed no one, but carried them off and went their way.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and had taken captive the women and those who were there, from small to great; they did not kill anyone, but carried them away and went their way.

Context of 1 Samuel 30:2

1David and his men arrived at Ziklag three days after they left King Achish. They found that the Amalekites had attacked Ziklag and towns in the south of Judah. The Amalekites had destroyed Ziklag with fire. They had caught the women and the other people who were in the town, both young people and old people. They did not kill any of them, but they took them away as prisoners. 3So when David and his men arrived at Ziklag, they saw that the Amalekites had destroyed the city. The Amalekites had taken away their wives, their sons and their daughters as prisoners. 4David and his men wept loudly. They continued to weep until they had no strength to weep any more.

1 Samuel 30:2 word by word

וַיִּשְׁבּ֨וּ אֶת־הַנָּשִׁ֤ים אֲשֶׁר־בָּהּ֙ מִקָּטֹ֣ן וְעַד־גָּד֔וֹל לֹ֥א הֵמִ֖יתוּ אִ֑ישׁ וַיִּֽנְהֲג֔וּ וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ לְדַרְכָּֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And had taken the womenאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• captivesשָׁבָהshâbâh · to take captiveH7617
• therein: they slewמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• not anyאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• either greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• or smallקָטֹןqâţân qâţôn · smallH6996
• awayנָהַגnâhag · to leadH5090
• and wentיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• on their wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: journeyH1870

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 30:2

• 1 Samuel 30:19The people had lost nothing. David brought everyone back, the young people and the old people, the sons and the daughters. He brought back all the valuable things and everything that the Amalekites had taken.
• 1 Samuel 27:11David killed all the people in the places that he attacked. He never took anyone back to Gath. He thought, ‘If any of the people are still alive, they might go to Gath and tell people what we have done.’ That is what David did for the whole time that he lived among the Philistines.
• Job 38:11I said to the sea, “This is as far as you can come. You may come no further. Your powerful waves must stop there!”
• Psalms 76:10Everybody will praise you, even those who are angry against you. You will show them how angry you really are.
• Isaiah 27:8But Lord you sent your people to a land far away. That is how you punished them. You blew them away with a storm that came from the east.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 30:2

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2There were no soldiers left in Ziklag to protect the women and children. The Amalekites were known for attacking the weak and vulnerable (see Deuteronomy 25:17–18). not killed anyone: The Amalekites were not being kind. They found women and children more valuable alive than dead.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away--Their conduct seems to stand in favorable contrast to that of David (1Sa 27:11). But their apparent clemency did not arise from humane considerations. It is traceable to the ancient war usages of the East, where the men of war, on the capture of a city, were unsparingly put to death, but there were no warriors in Ziklag at the time. The women and boys were reserved for slaves, and the old…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 30:2

• Abigail
• Amalekites
• Captive

In the dictionaries

• Belong
• David
• Recover
• Samuel, Books of
• Zebah and Zalmunna
• Amalekites

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