¹² they took all their men and went to fight against Ishmael the son of Nethaniah. They came upon him at ^(A)the great pool that is in ^(B)Gibeon.

¹³ And Joab the son of Zeruiah and the servants of David went out and met them at ^(A)the pool of Gibeon. And they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.

David's Wives Are Captured

30 Now when David and his men came to ^(A)Ziklag on the third day, ^(B)the Amalekites had ^(C)made a raid against the Negeb and against Ziklag. They had overcome Ziklag and burned it with fire ² and taken captive the women and all^[a] who were in it, both small and great. They killed no one, but carried them off and went their way. ³ And when David and his men came to the city, they found it burned with fire, and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive. ⁴ Then David and the people who were with him raised their voices and wept until they had no more strength to weep. ⁵ David's ^(D)two wives also had been taken captive, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel. ⁶ And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke ^(E)of stoning him, because all the people were bitter in soul,^[b] each for his sons and daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.

^7 (F)And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought the ephod to David. ^8 (G)And David inquired of the Lord, “Shall I pursue after this ^(H)band? Shall I overtake them?” He answered him, “Pursue, for you shall surely overtake ^(I)and shall surely rescue.”

¹⁴ When Abram heard that his kinsman had been taken captive, he led forth his trained men, ^(A)born in his house, 318 of them, and went in pursuit as far as ^(B)Dan. ¹⁵ And he divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and defeated them and pursued them to Hobah, north of Damascus. ¹⁶ Then he brought back all the possessions, and also brought back his kinsman Lot ^(C)with his possessions, and the women and the people.

^18 (A)David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and David rescued his two wives. ¹⁹ Nothing was missing, whether small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything that had been taken. ^(B)David brought back all. ²⁰ David also captured all the flocks and herds, and the people drove the livestock before him,^[a] and said, “This is David's spoil.”