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1 Samuelsboken 30
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
1 Samuelsboken 30
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
David strider mot amalekiterna
30 (A) När David och hans män kom till Siklag[a] på tredje dagen hade amalekiterna trängt in i Negev och in i Siklag. De hade intagit Siklag och bränt det med eld. 2 Kvinnorna som var därinne[b], både små och stora, hade de fört bort som fångar men inte dödat någon. Sedan hade de gett sig av. 3 När David och hans män kom till staden, fick de se att den var nerbränd med eld och att deras hustrur, söner och döttrar var bortförda som fångar. 4 Då brast David och hans män i gråt, och de grät tills de inte orkade gråta mer. 5 (B) Davids båda hustrur, Ahinoam från Jisreel och Abigail, änkan efter karmeliten Nabal, var också tillfångatagna.
6 David var i stor fara, för folket hotade att stena honom. Så förbittrade var de alla, var och en för sina söners och döttrars skull. Men David hämtade kraft hos Herren sin Gud. 7 (C) David sade till prästen Ebjatar, Ahimeleks son: ”Bär hit efoden till mig.” Då kom Ebjatar med efoden till David. 8 (D) David frågade Herren: ”Ska jag jaga rövarbandet? Kan jag hinna upp dem?” Herren svarade honom: ”Jaga dem, för du kommer att hinna upp dem och rädda alla.”
9 Då gav sig David i väg med sina sexhundra man, och de kom till bäckravinen Besor[c] där en del av dem tvingades stanna kvar. 10 David fortsatte jakten med fyrahundra man, men tvåhundra man stannade. De var för trötta för att gå över bäckravinen Besor.
11 Ute på fältet fann de en egyptier som de tog med sig till David. När de gav honom bröd att äta och vatten att dricka 12 och dessutom gav honom en bit fikonkaka och två russinkakor att äta, fick han livsanden tillbaka. På tre dygn hade han nämligen varken ätit eller druckit.
13 ”Vem tillhör du och varifrån är du?” frågade David honom. ”Jag är en egyptisk pojke[d], tjänare hos en amalekitisk man”, svarade han. ”Men min herre övergav mig för tre dagar sedan, för jag blev sjuk. 14 (E) Vi hade trängt in i kereteernas[e] del av Negev och i området som tillhör Juda och i Kalebs del[f] av Negev, och vi hade bränt Siklag med eld.” 15 David frågade honom: ”Vill du föra mig ner till det där rövarbandet?” Han svarade: ”Om du lovar mig med ed vid Gud att inte döda mig eller utlämna mig åt min herre, så ska jag föra dig ner till rövarbandet.”
16 Så förde han honom dit, och de låg utspridda överallt på marken och åt och drack och firade allt det stora byte de hade tagit från filisteernas land och från Juda land. 17 Och David högg ner dem ända från skymningen till aftonen dagen därpå. Inte en enda av dem kom undan, utom fyrahundra unga män som satt upp på kamelerna och flydde. 18 Och David räddade allt som amalekiterna hade tagit. Han räddade också sina båda hustrur. 19 Ingen saknades, varken liten eller stor, ingens son eller dotter, inget av bytet eller något av det som de hade tagit. Allt förde David tillbaka. 20 David tog också alla fåren och korna, och dessa drev man framför den övriga boskapen[g] och ropade: ”Här är Davids byte!”
21 När David kom tillbaka till de tvåhundra man som hade varit för trötta att följa honom och därför stannat kvar vid bäckravinen Besor, gick dessa för att möta David och folket som han hade med sig. Då gick David fram till folket och hälsade dem. 22 Men alla onda och illvilliga män bland dem som hade följt med David tog till orda och sade: ”Eftersom de inte följde med oss tänker vi inte ge dem något av bytet som vi räddat. Nej, var och en får ta sin hustru och sina barn och gå.” 23 Men David svarade: ”Så ska ni inte göra, mina bröder, med det som Herren har gett oss. Han bevarade oss och gav rövarbandet som anföll oss i vår hand. 24 (F) Och vem lyssnar på er i den här saken? Nej, de som drar ut i striden ska ha samma lott som de som stannar vid trossen. De ska dela lika.” 25 Så blev det från den dagen och i fortsättningen, för David gjorde detta till lag och rätt i Israel, så som det är än i dag.
26 När David kom till Siklag sände han en del av bytet till de äldste i Juda, till sina vänner, och lät säga: ”Här är en gåva till er av bytet från Herrens fiender.” 27 Han sände gåvor till dem i Betel[h], till dem i Ramot i Negev, till dem i Jattir, 28 Aroer, Sifamot, Eshtemoa, 29 Rakal, jerachmeeliternas städer, keniternas städer, 30 Horma, Bor-Ashan, Atak, 31 Hebron och till alla de orter där David och hans män hade vandrat omkring.
Footnotes
- 30:1 Siklag Låg ca 8 mil söder om Afek, motsvarande tre rejäla dagsmarscher.
- 30:2 Kvinnorna som var därinne Annan översättning (så Septuaginta): ”Kvinnorna och alla som var därinne”.
- 30:9 bäckravinen Besor Var på sina ställen upp till 100 meter bred och utgjorde landets sydgräns.
- 30:13 pojke Hebr. náar syftar på någon som står under en annans auktoritet, oavsett ålder.
- 30:14 kereteerna Troligen kreter som följt med filisteerna och bosatt sig söder om deras område.
- 30:14 Kalebs del Kalebs städer Hebron och Debir (jfr Jos 14:14, 15:15f) låg inne på Juda stams område. Hans dotter Aksa bosatte sig i Negevöknen (Jos 15:18f).
- 30:20 dessa drev man framför den övriga boskapen Annan översättning: ”man gick före boskapen”.
- 30:27 Betel Möjligen avses Betul (Jos 19:4), eftersom det mer kända Betel ligger norr om Juda stams område.
1 Samuel 30
New King James Version
1 Samuel 30
New King James Version
David’s Conflict with the Amalekites
30 Now it happened, when David and his men came to (A)Ziklag, on the third day, that the (B)Amalekites had invaded the South and Ziklag, attacked Ziklag and burned it with fire, 2 and had taken captive the (C)women and those who were there, from small to great; they did not kill anyone, but carried them away and went their way. 3 So David and his men came to the city, and there it was, burned with fire; and their wives, their sons, and their daughters had been taken captive. 4 Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voices and wept, until they had no more power to weep. 5 And David’s two (D)wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite, had been taken captive. 6 Now David was greatly distressed, for (E)the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was [a]grieved, every man for his sons and his daughters. (F)But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.
7 (G)Then David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, “Please bring the ephod here to me.” And (H)Abiathar brought the ephod to David. 8 (I)So David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I pursue this troop? Shall I overtake them?”
And He answered him, “Pursue, for you shall surely overtake them and without fail recover all.”
9 So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the Brook Besor, where those stayed who were left behind. 10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men; (J)for two hundred stayed behind, who were so weary that they could not cross the Brook Besor.
11 Then they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David; and they gave him bread and he ate, and they let him drink water. 12 And they gave him a piece of (K)a cake of figs and two clusters of raisins. So (L)when he had eaten, his strength came back to him; for he had eaten no bread nor drunk water for three days and three nights. 13 Then David said to him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?”
And he said, “I am a young man from Egypt, servant of an Amalekite; and my master left me behind, because three days ago I fell sick. 14 We made an invasion of the southern area of (M)the Cherethites, in the territory which belongs to Judah, and of the southern area (N)of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.”
15 And David said to him, “Can you take me down to this troop?”
So he said, “Swear to me by God that you will neither kill me nor deliver me into the hands of my (O)master, and I will take you down to this troop.”
16 And when he had brought him down, there they were, spread out over all the land, (P)eating and drinking and dancing, because of all the great spoil which they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah. 17 Then David attacked them from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode on camels and fled. 18 So David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away, and David rescued his two wives. 19 And nothing of theirs was lacking, either small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything which they had taken from them; (Q)David recovered all. 20 Then David took all the flocks and herds they had driven before those other livestock, and said, “This is David’s spoil.”
21 Now David came to the (R)two hundred men who had been so weary that they could not follow David, whom they also had made to stay at the Brook Besor. So they went out to meet David and to meet the people who were with him. And when David came near the people, he [b]greeted them. 22 Then all the wicked and (S)worthless[c] men of those who went with David answered and said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not give them any of the spoil that we have recovered, except for every man’s wife and children, that they may lead them away and depart.”
23 But David said, “My brethren, you shall not do so with what the Lord has given us, who has preserved us and delivered into our hand the troop that came against us. 24 For who will heed you in this matter? But (T)as his part is who goes down to the battle, so shall his part be who stays by the supplies; they shall share alike.” 25 So it was, from that day forward; he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.
26 Now when David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the [d]spoil to the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying, “Here is a present for you from the spoil of the enemies of the Lord”— 27 to those who were in Bethel, those who were in (U)Ramoth of the South, those who were in (V)Jattir, 28 those who were in (W)Aroer, those who were in (X)Siphmoth, those who were in (Y)Eshtemoa, 29 those who were in Rachal, those who were in the cities of (Z)the Jerahmeelites, those who were in the cities of the (AA)Kenites, 30 those who were in (AB)Hormah, those who were in [e]Chorashan, those who were in Athach, 31 those who were in (AC)Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were accustomed to (AD)rove.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 30:6 Lit. bitter
- 1 Samuel 30:21 asked them concerning their welfare
- 1 Samuel 30:22 Lit. men of Belial
- 1 Samuel 30:26 booty
- 1 Samuel 30:30 Or Borashan
1 Samuel 30
New International Version
1 Samuel 30
New International Version
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, 2 and had taken captive the women and everyone else in it, both young and old. They killed none of them, but carried them off as they went on their way.
3 When David and his men reached Ziklag, they found it destroyed by fire and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.(D) 4 So David and his men wept(E) aloud until they had no strength left to weep. 5 David’s two wives(F) had been captured—Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of Carmel. 6 David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning(G) him; each one was bitter(H) in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength(I) in the Lord his God.
7 Then David said to Abiathar(J) the priest, the son of Ahimelek, “Bring me the ephod.(K)” Abiathar brought it to him, 8 and David inquired(L) of the Lord, “Shall I pursue this raiding party? Will I overtake them?”
“Pursue them,” he answered. “You will certainly overtake them and succeed(M) in the rescue.(N)”
9 David and the six hundred men(O) with him came to the Besor Valley, where some stayed behind. 10 Two hundred of them were too exhausted(P) to cross the valley, but David and the other four hundred continued the pursuit.
11 They found an Egyptian in a field and brought him to David. They gave him water to drink and food to eat— 12 part of a cake of pressed figs and two cakes of raisins. He ate and was revived,(Q) for he had not eaten any food or drunk any water for three days and three nights.
13 David asked him, “Who do you belong to? Where do you come from?”
He said, “I am an Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite.(R) My master abandoned me when I became ill three days ago. 14 We raided the Negev of the Kerethites,(S) some territory belonging to Judah and the Negev of Caleb.(T) And we burned(U) Ziklag.”
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,(V) 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(W) because of the great amount of plunder(X) they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from Judah. 17 David fought(Y) 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.(Z) 18 David recovered(AA) everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives. 19 Nothing was missing: young or old, boy or girl, plunder or anything else they had taken. David brought everything back. 20 He took all the flocks and herds, and his men drove them ahead of the other livestock, saying, “This is David’s plunder.”
21 Then David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted(AB) to follow him and who were left behind at the Besor Valley. They came out to meet David and the men with him. As David and his men approached, he asked them how they were. 22 But all the evil men and troublemakers among David’s followers said, “Because they did not go out with us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered. However, each man may take his wife and children and go.”
23 David replied, “No, my brothers, you must not do that with what the Lord has given us. He has protected us and delivered into our hands the raiding party that came against us. 24 Who will listen to what you say? The share of the man who stayed with the supplies is to be the same as that of him who went down to the battle. All will share alike.(AC)” 25 David made this a statute and ordinance for Israel from that day to this.
26 When David reached Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to the elders of Judah, who were his friends, saying, “Here is a gift(AD) for you from the plunder of the Lord’s enemies.”
27 David sent it to those who were in Bethel,(AE) Ramoth(AF) Negev and Jattir;(AG) 28 to those in Aroer,(AH) Siphmoth,(AI) Eshtemoa(AJ) 29 and Rakal; to those in the towns of the Jerahmeelites(AK) and the Kenites;(AL) 30 to those in Hormah,(AM) Bor Ashan,(AN) Athak 31 and Hebron;(AO) and to those in all the other places where he and his men had roamed.
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