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1 Samuel 30:16-18
Contemporary English Version
1 Samuel 30:16-18
Contemporary English Version
16 He led David to the Amalekites. They were eating and drinking everywhere, celebrating because of what they had taken from Philistia and Judah. 17 David attacked just before sunrise the next day and fought until sunset.[a] Four hundred Amalekites rode away on camels, but they were the only ones who escaped.
18 David rescued his two wives and everyone else the Amalekites had taken from Ziklag.
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- 30.17 just … sunset: Or “at dusk, and fought until sunset on the next day.”
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