When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, their sons, and their daughters were taken captive.
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When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, their sons, and their daughters were taken captive.
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So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.
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And when David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.
Cross-references (4)
Passages linked to 1 Samuel 30:3 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.
- Hebrews 12:6 for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines, and chastises every son whom he receives.”
- 1 Peter 1:6-7 Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved in various trials, that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ—
- Revelation 3:9 Behold, I give some of the synagogue of Satan, of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but lie—behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain For these only remained in the city, when the…
For these only remained in the city, when the men were gone to war.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Sa 30:3 So David and his men came to…
1Sa 30:3 So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, [it was] burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.
Ver. 3. And, behold, it was burned with fire.] Such is the woe and the waste of war. And now David was at his worst, - this sad accident was worse to him than all the evil that had befallen him from his youth until now, as Joab said in another case:, {2Sa 19:7} - a sign that deliverance was at next near by; as when things are at worst, we say they will mend.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain So David and his men came to the city,....…
So David and his men came to the city,.... Or however to the place where it had stood, and where it now lay in ruins:
and, behold, it was burnt with fire; the whole city was laid in ashes:
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and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives; as it appeared afterwards; for upon their first coming they knew not but they were all destroyed; and which they might reasonably suppose from their former treatment of them, unless there were any left upon the spot which could inform them how things were, which does not appear, and which must make their distress the greater.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain David and his men came to the city, and,…
David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire--The language implies that the smoke of the conflagration was still visible, and the sacking very recent.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (3) And behold, it was burned with fire.—A terrible…
(3) And behold, it was burned with fire.—A terrible reception for David and his free lances, on their return from their ill-omened expedition with the great Philistine army, to find only the charred and smoking ruins of their homes; not one of all their dear ones, whom they had left behind—as they thought in security—left to tell the story of the disaster. It was the Egyptian slave who had fallen sick, and, in consequence, had been deserted, and whom they came upon in the course of the pursuit, who gave them the details, and told them the story of the invasion, and described the route taken by the marauding force on their return to their country.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 their wives ... sons ... daughters
their wives ... sons ... daughters
belonging to David and his men
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it was burned, and their wives ... daughters were taken captive
This can be translated in active form. AT: "they saw that someone had burned it and taken their wives ... captive" (See: Active or Passive)
the people that were with him
These were mainly his army of men.
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David
captive
people group
raise
voice
power
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