David Spares No One – David vs. Saul – The Brick Bible

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David told Abiathar the priest to bring him the ephod, and David inquired of Yahweh, 'Should I pursue the raiding band? Will I overtake them?'

1 of 12 1 Samuel 30:7–8

He said to him, 'Pursue! For you will certainly overtake them!'

2 of 12 1 Samuel 30:8

So David set out with his 600 men.

3 of 12 1 Samuel 30:9

But when they reached the Besor ravine, 200 men were too exhausted to continue and were left behind.

4 of 12 1 Samuel 30:9–10

David and 400 men continued the pursuit and found them eating and drinking and enjoying themselves because of all the plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and Judah.

5 of 12 1 Samuel 30:10, 16

Then David struck them down from dusk...

6 of 12 1 Samuel 30:17

...until the evening of the next day. Not one of them escaped.

7 of 12 1 Samuel 30:17

Except for 400 men that escaped on camels.

8 of 12 1 Samuel 30:17

David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, rescued his two wives, and all the sons and daughters.

9 of 12 1 Samuel 30:18

When David approached the 200 men who had been too exhausted to go with him, all the evil and worthless men who had gone with him said, 'Since they didn't go with us, they may take their wives and children, but we won't give them the plunder we retrieved.'

10 of 12 1 Samuel 30:21–22

But David said, 'The portion of the one who goes into the battle will be the same as the portion of the one who remains with the equipment!'

11 of 12 1 Samuel 30:23–24

And from that day on it was a law and ordinance for Israel, even to this day.

12 of 12 1 Samuel 30:25

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