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1 Samuel 30

1 S. 30:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And it came to pass, when David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
and his men
'enowsh (Hebrew #582)
properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
KJV usage: another, X (blood-)thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, X in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ( X of them), + stranger, those, + their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word . Compare 376.
Pronounce: en-oshe'
Origin: from 605
were come
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
to Ziklag
Tsiqlag (Hebrew #6860)
of uncertain derivation: Tsiklag or Tsikelag, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Ziklag.
Pronounce: tsik-lag'
Origin: or Tsiyqlag (1 Chronicles 12:1,20) {tsee-kel-ag'}
on the third
shliyshiy (Hebrew #7992)
third; feminine a third (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)
KJV usage: third (part, rank, time), three (years old).
Pronounce: shel-ee-shee'
Origin: ordinal from 7969
day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
, that the Amalekites
`Amaleqiy (Hebrew #6003)
patronymically from 6002; an Amalekite (or collectively the Amalekites) or descendants of Amalek: --Amalekite(-s).
Pronounce: am-aw-lay-kee'
had invaded
pashat (Hebrew #6584)
to spread out (i.e. deploy in hostile array); by analogy, to strip (i.e. unclothe, plunder, flay, etc.)
KJV usage: fall upon, flay, invade, make an invasion, pull off, put off, make a road, run upon, rush, set, spoil, spread selves (abroad), strip (off, self).
Pronounce: paw-shat'
Origin: a primitive root
the south
negeb (Hebrew #5045)
the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)
KJV usage: south (country, side, -ward).
Pronounce: neh'-gheb
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be parched
, and Ziklag
Tsiqlag (Hebrew #6860)
of uncertain derivation: Tsiklag or Tsikelag, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Ziklag.
Pronounce: tsik-lag'
Origin: or Tsiyqlag (1 Chronicles 12:1,20) {tsee-kel-ag'}
, and smitten
nakah (Hebrew #5221)
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), X go forward, X indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, X surely, wound.
Pronounce: naw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root
Ziklag
Tsiqlag (Hebrew #6860)
of uncertain derivation: Tsiklag or Tsikelag, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Ziklag.
Pronounce: tsik-lag'
Origin: or Tsiyqlag (1 Chronicles 12:1,20) {tsee-kel-ag'}
, and burned
saraph (Hebrew #8313)
to be (causatively, set) on fire
KJV usage: (cause to, make a) burn((-ing), up) kindle, X utterly.
Pronounce: saw-raf'
Origin: a primitive root
it with fire
'esh (Hebrew #784)
fire (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
Pronounce: aysh
Origin: a primitive word
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Amalek; Amalekites,
David,
Day,
Fire,
Man,
South,
Ziklag

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-3:  The Amalekites spoil Ziklag.
4-10:  David asking counsel, is encouraged by God to pursue them.
11-21:  By the means of a revived Egyptian he is brought to the enemies, and recovers all the spoil.
22-25:  David's law to divide the spoil equally between them that fight and them that keep the stuff.
26-31:  He sends presents to his friends.
were come.
1 S. 29:11• 11Y levantóse David de mañana, él y los suyos, para irse y volverse á la tierra de los Filisteos; y los Filisteos fueron á Jezreel. (1 S. 29:11)
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2 S. 1:2• 2Y al tercer día acaeció, que vino uno del campo de Saúl, rotos sus vestidos, y tierra sobre su cabeza: y llegando á David, postróse en tierra, é hizo reverencia. (2 S. 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 S. 15:7• 7Y Saúl hirió á Amalec, desde Havila hasta llegar á Shur, que está á la frontera de Egipto. (1 S. 15:7)
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1 S. 27:8‑10• 8Y subía David con los suyos, y hacían entradas en los Gesureos, y en los Gerzeos, y en los Amalecitas: porque estos habitaban de largo tiempo la tierra, desde como se va á Shur hasta la tierra de Egipto.
 9Y hería David el país, y no dejaba á vida hombre ni mujer: y llevábase las ovejas y las vacas y los asnos y los camellos y las ropas; y volvía, y veníase á Achîs.
 10Y decía Achîs: ¿Dónde habéis corrido hoy? Y David decía: Al mediodía de Judá, y al mediodía de Jerameel, ó contra el mediodía de Ceni. (1 S. 27:8‑10)
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Gn. 24:62• 62Y venía Isaac del pozo del Viviente que me ve; porque él habitaba en la tierra del Mediodía; (Gn. 24:62)
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Jos. 11:6• 6Mas Jehová dijo á Josué: No tengas temor de ellos, que mañana á esta hora yo entregaré á todos éstos, muertos delante de Israel: á sus caballos desjarretarás, y sus carros quemarás al fuego. (Jos. 11:6)
• God, no longer able to lead him by His eye, had used the “bit and bridle” (Psa. 32:9)-that is to say, a series of circumstances contrary to the will of His servant-in order to preserve him from an irremediable fall. (“1 Samuel 30” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And it came to pass, when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid upon the southb, and upon Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag and burned it with fire;

JND Translation Notes

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The Negeb. so ver. 14. See Josh. 10.40.