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1 Samuel 30:3
“When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captive.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 30
It happened, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid on the South, and on Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag, and burned it with fire,
and had taken captive the women and all who were therein, both small and great. They didn't kill any, but carried them off, and went their way.
When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captive.
Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
David's two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
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The rise of Israel’s monarchy with Samuel, Saul, and David.
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