1 Samuel 30:1–3

David Defeats the Amalekites

30:1 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.1 30:2 They took captive the women 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.

30:3 When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned.2 Their wives, sons, and daughters had been taken captive.

1	tn The Hebrew text adds “with fire.”
2	tn Heb “and David and his men came to the city, and look, it was burned with fire.”