After the death of Saul, David returned from defeating the Amalekites and stayed at Ziklag for two days.
1 Samuel 30:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised David slaughtered them from twilight until the evening of the next day. None of them escaped, except four hundred young men who got on camels and fled. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And David smote them from twilight even to the evening of the next day, and not a man of them escaped, except 400 youths who rode camels and fled. American Standard Version (1901) And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, who rode upon camels and fled. Common English Bible David attacked them from twilight until evening of the next day. He killed them all. No one escaped except four hundred young men who got on camels and fled. Catholic Public Domain Version And David struck them down from evening until the evening of the next day. And no one among them escaped, except four hundred youths, who had climbed on camels and fled. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And David slew them from the evening unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, but four hundred young men, who had gotten upon camels, and fled. |
After the death of Saul, David returned from defeating the Amalekites and stayed at Ziklag for two days.
from Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, the Amalekites, and the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
So the diseased men got up at twilight to go to the Arameans’ camp. When they came to the camp’s edge, they discovered that no one was there,
They struck down the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped, and they still live there today.
But Ishmael son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men and went to the Ammonites.
Barak pursued the chariots and the army as far as Harosheth of the Nations, and the whole army of Sisera fell by the sword; not a single man was left.
Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the people of the east had settled down in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as innumerable as the sand on the seashore.
The next day Saul organised the troops into three divisions. During the morning watch, they invaded the Ammonite camp and slaughtered them until the heat of the day. There were survivors, but they were so scattered that no two of them were left together.
Now go and attack the Amalekites and completely destroy everything they have. Do not spare them. Kill men and women, infants and nursing babies, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.” ’