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1 Samuel 30:5 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" David’s two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. "

1 Samuel 30:5

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3 When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, their sons, and their daughters were taken captive.

4 Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept until they had no more power to weep.

5 David’s two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

6 David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David strengthened himself in the LORD his God.

7 David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Please bring the ephod here to me.” Abiathar brought the ephod to David.

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Related Verses

2 Samuel 2:2

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"So David went up there with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite."

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1 Samuel 27:3

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"David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife."

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1 Samuel 25:43

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"David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they both became his wives."

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2 Samuel 11:27

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"When the mourning was past, David sent and took her home to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD."

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1 Chronicles 14:3

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"David took more wives in Jerusalem, and David became the father of more sons and daughters."

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1 Chronicles 3:9

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"All these were the sons of David, in addition to the sons of the concubines; and Tamar was their sister."

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1 Samuel 30:1

"When David and his men had come to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid on the South and on Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag and burned it with fire,"

1 Samuel 30:2

"and had taken captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great. They didn’t kill any, but carried them off and went their way."

1 Samuel 30:3

"When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, their sons, and their daughters were taken captive."

1 Samuel 30:4

"Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept until they had no more power to weep."

1 Samuel 30:6

"David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David strengthened himself in the LORD his God."

1 Samuel 30:7

"David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Please bring the ephod here to me.” Abiathar brought the ephod to David."

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