1 Samuel 30:3 - Printer Friendly

ESV: 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.

NIV: When David and his men reached Ziklag, they found it destroyed by fire and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.

NASB: When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire, and their wives, their sons, and their daughters had been taken captive.

CSB: When David and his men arrived at the town, they found it burned. Their wives, sons, and daughters had been kidnapped.

NLT: When David and his men saw the ruins and realized what had happened to their families,

KJV: So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.

NKJV: 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.

First Samuel introduces the key figures who led Israel after the era of the judges. The books of 1 and 2 Samuel were originally part of a single text, split in certain translations shortly before the birth of Christ. Some of the Bible’s most famous characters are depicted in this book. These including the prophet Samuel, Israel’s first king, Saul, her greatest king, David, and other famous names such as Goliath and Jonathan. By the end of this book, Saul has fallen; the book of 2 Samuel begins with David’s ascension to the throne.

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