1 Samuel 30:1

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

It took David and his men three days to reach Ziklag. But while they had been away, the Amalekites had been raiding in the desert around there. They had attacked Ziklag, burned it to the ground,

Cross References

1 Samuel 29:11

David and his men got up early in the morning and headed back toward Philistia, while the Philistines left for Jezreel.

1 Samuel 15:7

and Saul attacked the Amalekites from Havilah to Shur, which is just east of Egypt.

1 Samuel 29:4

The Philistine army commanders were angry and shouted: Send David back to the town you gave him. We won't have him going into the battle with us. He could turn and fight against us! Saul would take David back as an officer if David brought him the heads of our soldiers.

Joshua 11:6

The Lord told Joshua: Don't let them frighten you! I'll help you defeat them, and by this time tomorrow they will be dead. When you attack, the first thing you have to do is to cripple their horses. Then after the battle is over, burn their chariots.

2 Samuel 1:2

Three days later, a soldier came from Saul's army. His clothes were torn, and dirt was on his head. He went to David and knelt down in front of him.

Genesis 24:62

At that time Isaac was living in the southern part of Canaan near a place called “The Well of the Living One Who Sees Me.”

1 Samuel 15:8

Every Amalekite was killed except King Agag.

1 Samuel 27:6

Achish gave David the town of Ziklag that same day, and Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah ever since.

1 Samuel 30:14

We had attacked some towns in the desert where the Cherethites live, in the area that belongs to Judah, and in the desert where the Caleb clan lives. And we burned down Ziklag.”

2 Samuel 1:1

Saul was dead. Meanwhile, David had defeated the Amalekites and returned to Ziklag.

2 Samuel 1:8

Saul asked me, “Who are you?” “An Amalekite,” I answered.

2 Samuel 15:18

Then David stood there and watched while his regular troops and his bodyguards marched past. The last group was the 600 soldiers who had followed him from Gath. Their commander was Ittai.

1 Chronicles 12:21

and brave soldiers, and so David made them officers in his army. They fought on his side when enemy troops attacked.

Jeremiah 41:12

So they and their troops chased Ishmael and caught up with him at the large pit at Gibeon.

1 Samuel 29:10

You and your troops will have to go back to the town I gave you. Get up and leave tomorrow morning as soon as it's light. I'm pleased with you, so don't let any of this bother you.

1 Chronicles 12:22

Day after day, new men came to join David, and soon he had a large, powerful army.