King James Version (KJV)
1 Samuel 30:4
“Then David and the people that [were] with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 30
And had taken the women captives, that [were] therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried [them] away, and went on their way.
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.
Then David and the people that [were] with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
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The rise of Israel’s monarchy with Samuel, Saul, and David.
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