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Read›1 Samuel›Chapter 30

David Destroys the Amalekites

1 Samuel 30:20

In 11 translations

BSB
And he recovered all the flocks and herds, which his men drove ahead of the other livestock, calling out, “This is David’s plunder!”
KJV
And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David’s spoil.
WEB
David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other livestock, and said, “This is David’s plunder.”
ASV
And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other cattle, and said, This is David’s spoil.
LSV
and David takes the whole of the flock and of the herd [that] they have led on before these livestock, and they say, “This [is] David’s spoil.”
YLT
and David taketh the whole of the flock, and of the herd, they have led on before these cattle, and they say, 'This [is] David's spoil.'
DBY
And David took all the flocks and the herds, [which] they drove before the other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.
DRC
And he took all the flocks and the herds, and made them go before him: and they said: This is the prey of David.
GNV
Dauid also tooke all the sheepe, and the oxen, and they draue them before his cattell, and said, This is Dauids pray.
JPS
And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other cattle, and said: 'This is David's spoil.'
LXXE
And he took all the flocks, and the herds, and led them away before the spoils: and it was said of these spoils, These are the spoils of David.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּקַּ֣ח דָּוִ֔ד אֶת־כָּל־הַצֹּ֖אן וְהַבָּקָ֑ר נָהֲג֗וּ לִפְנֵי֙ הַמִּקְנֶ֣ה הַה֔וּא וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ זֶ֖ה שְׁלַ֥ל דָּוִֽד׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἔλαβε πάντα τὰ ποίμνια, καὶ τὰ βουκόλια, καὶ ἀπήγαγεν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν σκύλων· καὶ τοῖς σκύλοις ἐκείνοις ἐλέγετο, ταῦτα τὰ σκῦλα Δαυίδ.

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👤 David◆ Reign of Saul

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Samuel 30:26When David arrived in Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a gift for you from the plunder of the LORD’s enemies.”
  • 2 Chronicles 20:25Then Jehoshaphat and his people went to carry off the plunder, and they found on the bodies an abundance of goods and valuables —more than they could carry away. They were gathering the plunder for three days because…
  • Numbers 31:9–12The Israelites captured the Midianite women and their children, and they plundered all their herds, flocks, and goods. Then they burned all the cities where the Midianites had lived, as well as all their encampments,…
  • Isaiah 53:12Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many…
  • Romans 8:37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

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