⁸ Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites,^(A) the Girzites and the Amalekites.^(B) (From ancient times these peoples had lived in the land extending to Shur^(C) and Egypt.) ⁹ Whenever David attacked an area, he did not leave a man or woman alive,^(D) but took sheep and cattle, donkeys and camels, and clothes. Then he returned to Achish.

David Destroys the Amalekites

30 David and his men reached Ziklag^(A) on the third day. Now the Amalekites^(B) had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They had attacked Ziklag and burned^(C) it,