1 Samuel 30:1–8

David’s Victory over the Amalekites

¹Then it happened when David and his men came to ^aZiklag on the third day, that ^bthe Amalekites had made a raid on the ¹Negev and on ^cZiklag, and had ²overthrown Ziklag and burned it with fire;

²and they took captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great, ^1awithout killing anyone, and carried them off and went their way.

³When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire, and their wives and their sons and their daughters had been taken captive.

⁴Then David and the people who were with him ^alifted their voices and wept until there was no strength in them to weep.

⁵Now ^aDavid’s two wives had been taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the ¹widow of Nabal the Carmelite.

⁶Moreover David was greatly distressed because ^athe people spoke of stoning him, for all the people were ¹embittered, each one because of his sons and his daughters. But ^bDavid strengthened himself in the Lord his God.

⁷Then ^aDavid said to ^bAbiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Please bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought the ephod to David.

^8aDavid inquired of the Lord, saying, “^bShall I pursue this band? Shall I overtake them?” And He said to him, “Pursue, for you will surely overtake them, ^cand you will surely rescue all.”