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17 But David struck them down from twilight until the following evening. None of them escaped, with the exception of 400 young men who got away on camels.[a] 18 David retrieved everything the Amalekites had taken; he[b] also rescued his two wives. 19 There was nothing missing, whether small or great. He retrieved sons and daughters, the plunder, and everything else they had taken.[c] David brought everything back.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 30:17 tn Heb “who rode on camels and fled.”
  2. 1 Samuel 30:18 tn Heb “David.” The pronoun (“he”) has been substituted for the proper name in the translation for stylistic reasons.
  3. 1 Samuel 30:19 tn Heb “there was nothing missing to them, from the small even unto the great, and unto sons and daughters, and from loot even unto all which they had taken for themselves.”