3 When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned down and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive. 4 So David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep. 5 David’s two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel, had been taken captive.
1 Samuel 30:3–5
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1 Samuel 30:17–19
17 And 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. 18 So David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives. 19 Nothing was missing, yo…
2 Samuel 2:1–3
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1 Samuel 30:8–10
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2 Samuel 5:20–22
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1 Samuel 17:52–54
52 Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath and to the gates of Ekron. And the bodies of the Philistines were strewn along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron. 53 When the Israelites returned f…
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