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

1Three days later, when David and his men arrived home at their town of Ziklag, they found that the Amalekites had made a raid into the Negev and Ziklag; they had crushed Ziklag and burned it to the ground. They had carried off the women and children and everyone else but without killing anyone. 3When David and his men saw the ruins and realized what had happened to their families, 4they wept until they could weep no 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 30:19Nothing was missing: small or great, son or daughter, nor anything else that had been taken. David brought everything back.
• 1 Samuel 27:11No one was left alive to come to Gath and tell where he had really been. This happened again and again while he was living among the Philistines.
• Job 38:11I said, ‘This far and no farther will you come. Here your proud waves must stop!’
• Psalms 76:10Human defiance only enhances your glory, for you use it as a weapon.
• Isaiah 27:8No, but he exiled Israel to call her to account. She was exiled from her land as though blown away in a storm 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