1-Samuel - 30:18



18 David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.

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Explanation and meaning of 1-Samuel 30:18.

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And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.
So David recovered all that the Amalecites had taken, and he rescued his two wives.
And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken: and David recovered his two wives.
And David delivereth all that the Amalekites have taken; also his two wives hath David delivered.
And David got back everything the Amalekites had taken; and he got back his two wives.
Therefore, David rescued all that the Amalekites had taken, and he rescued his two wives.

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

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.

Through this victory David rescued all that the Amalekites had taken, his two wives, and all the children great and small; also the booty that they had taken with them, so that nothing was missing.

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