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1 Samuel 30:15-17
Common English Bible
1 Samuel 30:15-17
Common English Bible
15 “Can you guide me to this raiding party?” David asked him.
“Make a pledge to me by God that you won’t kill me or hand me over to my master,” the boy said, “and I will guide you to the raiding party.”
16 So the boy led David to them, and he found them scattered all over the countryside, eating, drinking, and celebrating over the large amount of plunder they had taken from Philistine and Judean territory.
17 David attacked them from twilight until evening of the next day. He killed them all.[a] No one escaped except four hundred young men who got on camels and fled.
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- 1 Samuel 30:17 LXX; MT lacks He killed them all.
1 Samuel 30:15-17
New International Version
1 Samuel 30:15-17
New International Version
15 David asked him, “Can you lead me down to this raiding party?”
He answered, “Swear to me before God that you will not kill me or hand me over to my master,(A) and I will take you down to them.”
16 He led David down, and there they were, scattered over the countryside, eating, drinking and reveling(B) because of the great amount of plunder(C) they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from Judah. 17 David fought(D) them from dusk until the evening of the next day, and none of them got away, except four hundred young men who rode off on camels and fled.(E)
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