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Myles Coverdale Bible

1 Samuel 30:18

So Dauid rescued all that the Amalechites had taken, and his two wyues,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abigail;   Ahinoam;   Amalekites;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Amalekites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Besor;   Ziklag;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Amalekites;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Amalekite;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Amalekites;   Ittai;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Abigail;   Ahinoam;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Abigail,;   Esdraelon;   Samuel, Books of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ahinoam ;   Amalek, Amalekites ;   Ziklag ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ahin'o-Am;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Faint;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ahinoam;   Ziklag;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken; he also rescued his two wives.
Hebrew Names Version
David recovered all that the `Amaleki had taken; and David rescued his two wives.
King James Version
And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.
Lexham English Bible
So David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; David also rescued his two wives.
English Standard Version
David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and David rescued his two wives.
New Century Version
David got his two wives back and everything the Amalekites had taken.
New English Translation
David retrieved everything the Amalekites had taken; he also rescued his two wives.
Amplified Bible
So David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and rescued his two wives.
New American Standard Bible
So David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and rescued his two wives.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Dauid recouered all that the Amalekites had taken: also Dauid rescued his two wiues.
Legacy Standard Bible
So David delivered all that the Amalekites had taken and delivered his two wives.
Contemporary English Version
David rescued his two wives and everyone else the Amalekites had taken from Ziklag.
Complete Jewish Bible
David recovered all that the ‘Amaleki had taken; he also rescued his two wives.
Darby Translation
And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken: and David recovered his two wives.
Easy-to-Read Version
David got back everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.
George Lamsa Translation
And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken captive, and he rescued his two wives that day.
Good News Translation
David rescued everyone and everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives;
Literal Translation
And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David recovered his two wives.
American Standard Version
And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.
Bible in Basic English
And David got back everything the Amalekites had taken; and he got back his two wives.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Dauid recouered all that the Amalekites had carryed away, and Dauid rescued his two wyues:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.
King James Version (1611)
And Dauid recouered all that the Amalekites had caried away: and Dauid rescued his two wiues.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and he rescued both his wives.
English Revised Version
And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken: and David rescued his two wives.
Berean Standard Bible
So David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Dauid delyuerede alle thingis whiche the men of Amalech token, and he delyuerede hise twei wyues;
Young's Literal Translation
And David delivereth all that the Amalekites have taken; also his two wives hath David delivered.
Update Bible Version
And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.
Webster's Bible Translation
And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.
World English Bible
David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.
New King James Version
So David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away, and David rescued his two wives.
New Living Translation
David got back everything the Amalekites had taken, and he rescued his two wives.
New Life Bible
David took back all that the Amalekites had taken, and saved his two wives.
New Revised Standard
David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And David rescued all whom the Amalekites had taken, - his two wives also, did David rescue;
Douay-Rheims Bible
So David recovered all that the Amalecites had taken, and he rescued his two wives.
Revised Standard Version
David recovered all that the Amal'ekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and rescued his two wives.

Contextual Overview

7 & sayde vnto Abiathar ye prest the sonne of Ahimelech: Bringe me hither the ouerbody cote. And whan Abiathar had broughte the ouerbody cote vnto Dauid, 8 Dauid axed at the LORDE, and sayde: Shal I folowe vpon the men of warre, and shal I ouertake them? He sayde: Yee, folowe vpo them, thou shalt ouertake them, and shalt rescue the pray. 9 Then wente Dauid his waye, and the sixe hudreth men that were with him. And whan they came to the ryuer of Besor, some stode styll. 10 But Dauid and the foure hundreth men folowed after: As for the two hudreth men that stode styll, they had bene slowe to go ouer the ryuer of Besor. 11 And they founde a man of Egipte vpon the felde, him they broughte vnto Dauid, & gaue him bred to eate, and water to drynke, 12 and gaue him a quantite of fygges, & two quantities of rasyns. And whan he had eaten, his sprete came to him againe: for in thre dayes and thre nightes he had eate no bred, and dronke no water. 13 Dauid sayde vnto him: Whose art thou? & whence art thou? He sayde: I am a childe of Egipte, an Amalechites seruaunt, & my master hath forsaken me, because I was sicke thre dayes a goo. 14 We fell her in towarde ye south syde of Chrethus, and vpon Iuda, and towarde ye south parte of Caleb, & haue burned Siclag with fyre. 15 Dauid sayde vnto him: Wilt thou bringe me downe to these men of warre? He sayde: Sweare vnto me by God, yt thou shalt not slaye me, ner delyuer me in to my masters hade, and I wil brynge the downe to these me of warre. 16 And he broughte the downe, and beholde, they were scatred vpon all ye grounde, eatinge and drynkynge, and kepynge holy daye, and were makinge mery chere, because of all the greate spoyles that they had taken out of the londe of the Philistynes and of Iuda.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Genesis 14:16 - General Numbers 31:49 - lacketh 1 Samuel 11:11 - so that two Jeremiah 41:12 - to fight

Cross-References

Genesis 30:14
Ruben wente out in the tyme of ye wheate haruest, and founde Mandragoras in the felde, and brought them home vnto his mother Lea. Then sayde Rachel vnto Lea: Geue me some of yi sonnes Madragoras.
Genesis 30:15
She answered: Hast thou not ynough that thou hast taken awaye my hußbande, but wilt take awaye my sonnes Mandragoras also? Rachel saide: Wel, let him lye with the this night for thy sonnes Mandragoras.
Genesis 35:23
The sonnes of Lea were these: Ruben Iacobs first borne sonne, Simeon, Leui, Iuda, Isachar, & Zabulo.
Genesis 46:13
The children of Isachar: Thola, Phua, Iob & Semron.
Deuteronomy 33:18
And vnto Zabulon he sayde: Reioyse Zabulon of thy outgoynge: but reioyse thou Isachar of thy tentes.
1 Chronicles 12:32
Of the children of Isachar (which were men of vnderstondynge, whan nede requyred to knowe what Israel shulde do) two hundreth captaynes, and all their brethren folowed their worde.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away,.... The wives and children of the Israelites, and their goods, excepting the provisions they had eaten:

and David rescued his two wives; which is particularly observed, because a special concern of his.


 
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