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13 David told him, “To whom do you belong and where are you from?”

The Egyptian[a] replied, “I’m a young Egyptian man, the slave of an Amalekite man. My master abandoned me, because I got sick three days ago. 14 We raided the Negev[b] of the Cherethites, the territory that belongs to Judah,[c] and the Negev[d] of Caleb, and we set Ziklag on fire.”

15 David asked him, “Will you take me to this raiding party?”[e]

He said, “Swear to me by God that you won’t kill me or turn me over to my master, and I’ll take you to the raiding party.”[f]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 30:13 Lit. He
  2. 1 Samuel 30:14 Or the southern region
  3. 1 Samuel 30:14 Lit. what belongs to Judah
  4. 1 Samuel 30:14 Or the southern region
  5. 1 Samuel 30:15 Or band
  6. 1 Samuel 30:15 Or band