1 Samuel 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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
David	דָוִ֤ד da.Vid	H1732	David · proper noun, a man's name
men	וַֽאֲנָשָׁיו֙ va.'a.na.Shav	H582	a man in general (singly or collectively) · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
came	וַיָּבֹ֨א vai.ya.Vo'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
city	הָעִ֔יר ha.'Ir	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
burned	שְׂרוּפָ֖ה se.ru.Fah	H8313	to be (causatively · verb, qal passive participle, feminine singular absolute
fire	בָּאֵ֑שׁ ba.'Esh	H784	fire (literally or figuratively) · preposition with the article + noun, common both genders singular absolute
wives	וּנְשֵׁיהֶ֛ם u.ne.shei.Hem	H802	a woman · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
sons	וּבְנֵיהֶ֥ם u.ve.nei.Hem	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
daughters	וּבְנֹתֵיהֶ֖ם u.ve.no.tei.Hem	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
captives	נִשְׁבּֽוּ nish.Bu	H7617	to transport into captivity · verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person common plural

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Cross-references

Psalms 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
Hebrews 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
1 Peter 1:6-7 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
Revelation 3:9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and w…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 30:1-6

Here we have, I. The descent which the Amalekites made upon Ziklag in David's absence, and the desolations they made there. They surprised the city when it was left unguarded, plundered it, burnt it, and carried all the women and children captives, Sa1 30:1, Sa1 30:2. They intended, by this to revenge the like havoc that David had lately made of them and their country, Sa1 27:8. He that had made so many enemies ought not to have left his own concerns so naked and defenceless. Those that make bold with others must expect that others will make as bold with them and provide accordingly. Now observe in this, 1. The cruelty of Saul's pity (as it proved) in sparing the Amalekites; if he had utterl…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 30:3

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.

Adam Clarke on 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.

John Gill on 1 Samuel 30:3

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: 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.

The Church Fathers

When David and his men came to the city, etc. The Lord, arriving in His elect and Catholic teachers, and seeing the towers and roofs of the Church once shining, leveled to the ground by heretical discourse, first, as is proper, beseeches the Father with tears and prayers for its restoration, and then promptly begins the task of restoration as well. The doctors lament for the churches and souls entrusted to them, which they had brought forth and nurtured for God, corrupted from the simplicity of faith for a time, due to the delayed help of Christ; this is to say, with the advent of David delayed for a time, their wives and children were taken captive. For if His assisting grace were present, they certainly could not have been corrupted.
— Bede, Commentary on Samuel

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Dictionary and topics

Amalekites — a nomadic tribe of uncertain origin, which occupied the peninsula of Sinai and the wilderness intervening between the southern hill-ranges of Palestine and the border of Egypt. (Numbers 13:29; 1…
Robbery — Practised by the Ishmaelites (Gen. 16:12), the Chaldeans and Sabeans (Job 1:15, 17), and the men of Shechem (Judg. 9:25. See also 1 Sam. 27:6-10; 30; Hos. 4:2; 6:9). Robbers infested Judea in our…
Abigail · .Taken — .Taken
Amalekites · General references — General references

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1 Samuel 30:3

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 30:1-6

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 30:3

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 30:1

John Gill on 1 Samuel 30:3

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

1 Samuel 30:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 30:1-6

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 30:3

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 30:1

John Gill on 1 Samuel 30:3

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Samuel 30:1-10

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Samuel 30:2