1 Samuel 30:18
New International Version
David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.

New Living Translation
David got back everything the Amalekites had taken, and he rescued his two wives.

English Standard Version
David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and David rescued his two wives.

Berean Standard Bible
So David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.

King James Bible
And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.

New King James Version
So David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away, and David rescued his two wives.

New American Standard Bible
So David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and rescued his two wives.

NASB 1995
So David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and rescued his two wives.

NASB 1977
So David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and rescued his two wives.

Legacy Standard Bible
So David delivered all that the Amalekites had taken and delivered his two wives.

Amplified Bible
So David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and rescued his two wives.

Christian Standard Bible
David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken; he also rescued his two wives.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken; he also rescued his two wives.

American Standard Version
And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And David delivered all whom the Amalekites took and his two wives

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and he rescued both his wives.

Contemporary English Version
David rescued his two wives and everyone else the Amalekites had taken from Ziklag.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So David recovered all that the Amalecites had taken, and he rescued his two wives.

English Revised Version
And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken: and David rescued his two wives.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
David rescued everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.

Good News Translation
David rescued everyone and everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives;

International Standard Version
David rescued everyone whom the Amalekites had captured, including his two wives.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.

Literal Standard Version
And David delivers all that the Amalekites have taken; David has also delivered his two wives.

Majority Standard Bible
So David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.

New American Bible
David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, and he rescued his two wives.

NET Bible
David retrieved everything the Amalekites had taken; he also rescued his two wives.

New Revised Standard Version
David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.

New Heart English Bible
He recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.

Webster's Bible Translation
And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.

World English Bible
David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and David rescued his two wives.

Young's Literal Translation
And David delivereth all that the Amalekites have taken; also his two wives hath David delivered.

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Context
David Destroys the Amalekites
17And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels. 18So David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives. 19Nothing was missing, young or old, son or daughter, or any of the plunder the Amalekites had taken. David brought everything back.…

Cross References
Genesis 14:16
He retrieved all the goods, as well as his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the rest of the people.

1 Samuel 30:8
and David inquired of the LORD: "Should I pursue these raiders? Will I overtake them?" "Pursue them," the LORD replied, "for you will surely overtake them and rescue the captives."

Jeremiah 41:12
they took all their men and went to fight Ishmael son of Nethaniah. And they found him near the great pool in Gibeon.


Treasury of Scripture

And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.

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1 Samuel 30
1. The Amalekites raid Ziklag
4. David asking counsel, is encouraged by God to pursue them
11. By the means of a received Egyptian he is brought to the enemies,
18. and recovers all the spoil
22. David's law to divide the spoil equally
26. He sends presents to his friends














Verses 18, 19. - Recovered. Hebrew, "rescued," or "delivered." The word occurs again in the second clause of the verse, and is there translated "rescued." Had carried away. Hebrew, "had taken." In ver. 19 recovered is literally "caused to return," i.e. restored.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So David
דָּוִ֔ד (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

recovered
וַיַּצֵּ֣ל (way·yaṣ·ṣêl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5337: To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver

everything
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the Amalekites
עֲמָלֵ֑ק (‘ă·mā·lêq)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6002: Amalek -- a descendant of Esau, also his posterity

had taken,
לָקְח֖וּ (lā·qə·ḥū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3947: To take

[including]
דָּוִֽד׃ (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

his two
שְׁתֵּ֥י (šə·tê)
Number - fdc
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

wives.
נָשָׁ֖יו (nā·šāw)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female


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