撒母耳记上 30:1

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

亞瑪力人焚掠洗革拉第三天，大衛和跟隨他的人到了洗革拉。那時亞瑪力人襲擊了南地和洗革拉。他們攻破了洗革拉，又放火焚燒。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
第 三 日 ， 大 卫 和 跟 随 他 的 人 到 了 洗 革 拉 。 亚 玛 力 人 已 经 侵 夺 南 地 ， 攻 破 洗 革 拉 ， 用 火 焚 烧 ，

Contextual Overview

¹ On the third day, when David and his men arrived at Ziklag, he found that the Amalekites had raided southern Judah and Ziklag, attacking Ziklag and burning it. ² They captured the women and everyone, young and old, but they had not killed anyone. They had only taken them away. ³ When David and his men came to Ziklag, they found the town had been burned and their wives, sons, and daughters had been taken as prisoners. ⁴ Then David and his army cried loudly until they were too weak to cry anymore. ⁵ David's two wives had also been taken—Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal from Carmel. ⁶ The men in the army were threatening to kill David with stones, which greatly upset David. Each man was sad and angry because his sons and daughters had been captured, but David found strength in the Lord his God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

were come: 1 Samuel 29:11, 2 Samuel 1:2

on the third: This was the third day after he had left the Philistine army at Aphek, from which place, Calmet supposes, Ziklag was distant more than thirty leagues.

the Amalekites: 1 Samuel 15:7, 1 Samuel 27:8-10, Genesis 24:62, Joshua 11:6

Reciprocal: Genesis 14:7 - Amalekites Exodus 17:8 - General Exodus 17:14 - for I will Numbers 13:29 - Amalekites Numbers 24:20 - his latter end Numbers 31:10 - General Deuteronomy 25:19 - thou shalt Joshua 15:31 - Ziklag Joshua 19:5 - Ziklag 1 Samuel 15:8 - utterly 1 Samuel 27:1 - into the land 1 Samuel 27:6 - Ziklag 1 Samuel 29:10 - General 1 Samuel 30:14 - we burned 2 Samuel 1:8 - an Amalekite 2 Samuel 2:3 - his men 1 Chronicles 4:30 - Ziklag 1 Chronicles 12:21 - against the band Psalms 9:6 - thou hast Jeremiah 41:12 - to fight

Cross-References

Genesis 29:31
When the Lord saw that Jacob loved Rachel more than Leah, he made it possible for Leah to have children, but not Rachel.

Genesis 30:1
When Rachel saw that she was not having children for Jacob, she envied her sister Leah. She said to Jacob, "Give me children, or I'll die!"

Genesis 30:3
Then Rachel said, "Here is my slave girl Bilhah. Have sexual relations with her so she can give birth to a child for me. Then I can have my own family through her."

Genesis 30:4
So Rachel gave Bilhah, her slave girl, to Jacob as a wife, and he had sexual relations with her.

Genesis 30:8
Rachel said, "I have struggled hard with my sister, and I have won." So she named that son Naphtali.

Genesis 30:14
During the wheat harvest Reuben went into the field and found some mandrake plants and brought them to his mother Leah. But Rachel said to Leah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes."

Genesis 30:16
When Jacob came in from the field that night, Leah went out to meet him. She said, "You will have sexual relations with me tonight because I have paid for you with my son's mandrakes." So Jacob slept with her that night.

Genesis 30:18
and said, "God has given me what I paid for, because I gave my slave girl to my husband." So Leah named her son Issachar.

Genesis 30:19
Leah became pregnant again and gave birth to a sixth son.

Genesis 30:20
She said, "God has given me a fine gift. Now surely Jacob will honor me, because I have given him six sons," so she named him Zebulun.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag, on the third day,.... Either from their departure from thence, when they went out with Achish, or rather from the time of their leaving Achish, and the camp of the Philistines; so long they were upon their march homewards, see 2 Samuel 1:1; and no wonder, if it was the distance of eighty eight miles, 2 Samuel 1:1- :;

that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag; the southern parts of the land of the Philistines, and of Judah, as appears from

1 Samuel 30:14; taking the opportunity of the Philistines being gone into the land of Israel, and particularly of David's absence from Ziklag, to whom they bore a grudge for his invasion, destruction, and spoil of them not long ago, see 1 Samuel 27:8;

and smitten Ziklag, and burnt it with fire; not that they smote the inhabitants of it, there were no men in it, and the women and children they carried captive; but they demolished the buildings in it, pulled down the houses after they had rifled them, and burnt them with fire, that David and his men might dwell there no more.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

On the third day - This indicates that Aphek was three days’ march from Ziklag, say about 50 miles, which agrees very well with the probable situation of Aphek (1 Samuel 4:1 note). From Ziklag to Shunem would not be less than 80 or 90 miles.

The Amalekites, in retaliation of David’s raids 1 Samuel 27:8-9, invaded “the south” of Judah Joshua 15:21; but owing to the absence of all the men with David there was no resistance, and consequently the women and children were carried off as prey, and uninjured.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XXX

While David is absent with the army of Achish, the Amalekites

invade Ziklag, and burn it with fire, and carry away captive

David's wives, and those of his men, 1, 2.

David and his men return; and, finding the desolate state of

their city, are greatly affected, 3-5.

The men mutiny, and threaten to stone David, who encourages

himself in the Lord, 6.

David inquires of the Lord, and is directed to pursue the

Amalekites, with the promise that he shall recover all, 7, 8.

He and his men begin the pursuit, but two hundred, through

fatigue are obliged to stay behind at the brook Besor, 9, 10.

They find a sick Egyptian, who directs them in their pursuit,

11-15.

David finds the Amalekites secure, feasting on the spoils they

had taken; he attacks and destroys the whole host, except four

hundred, who escape on camels, 16, 17.

The Israelites recover their wives, their families, and all

their goods, 18-20.

They come to the two hundred who were so faint as not to be

able to pursue the enemy, with whom they divide the spoil; and

this becomes a statute in Israel, 21-25.

David sends part of the spoil which he had taken to different

Jewish cities, which had suffered by the incursion of the

Amalekites; and where David and his anew had been accustomed

to resort, 26-31.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXX

Verse 1 Samuel 30:1. On the third day — This was the third day after he had left the Philistine army at Aphek. Calmet supposes that Aphek was distant from Ziklag more than thirty leagues.

The Amalekites had invaded — These were, doubtless, a travelling predatory horde, who, availing themselves of the war between the Philistines and the Israelites, plundered several unprotected towns, and among them Ziklag. It is likely they had not heard of what David did to some of their tribes, else they would have avenged themselves by slaying all they found in Ziklag.