764 - David Destroys the Amalekites

David Destroys the Amalekites


The Egyptian slave led David, to the band of raiders, that had burned Ziklag, and they found the Amalekites …spread out across the fields, eating and drinking… and dancing, with joy, because of the vast amount of plunder, they had taken from the Philistines …and from the land of Judah. 


David and his men rushed in, among them …and slaughtered them, throughout that night …and the entire next day, until evening. 


None of the Amalekites escaped, except 400 young men, who fled on camels. 


David got back everything the Amalekites had taken, and he rescued his two wives. 


Nothing was missing: small or great, son or daughter, nor anything else that had been taken. 


David brought everything back. 


He also recovered all the flocks and herds, and his men drove them, ahead of the other livestock. 


“This plunder belongs to David!” they said. 


Then, David returned to the brook,  at Besor, and met up with the 200 men, who had been left behind, because they were too exhausted, to go with him. 


They went out to meet David and his men, and David greeted them joyfully. 


But, some evil troublemakers among David’s men said, 


“They didn’t go with us, so they can’t have any of the plunder, we recovered. 


Give them their wives and children, and tell them to be gone.” 


But, David said, “No, my brothers! 


Don’t be selfish with what the Lord has given us. 


He has kept us safe and helped us, to defeat the band of raiders, that attacked us. 


Who will listen when you talk like this? 


We share and share alike—those who go to battle and those who guard the equipment.” 


From then on, David made this a decree and regulation for Israel, and it is still followed today. 


When he arrived at Ziklag, David sent part of the plunder, to the elders of Judah, who were his friends. 


“Here is a present for you, taken from the Lord’s enemies,” he said. 


The gifts were sent, to the people of the following towns, that David had visited: 


  • Bethel, 
  • Ramoth-negev, 
  • Jattir, 
  • Aroer, 
  • Siphmoth, 
  • Eshtemoa, 
  • Racal, 
  • the towns of the Jerahmeelites, 
  • the towns of the Kenites, 
  • Hormah, 
  • Bor-ashan, 
  • Athach, 
  • Hebron, 


…and all the other places, that David and his men had visited. 


1 Samuel 30:1–31 (NLT)


Praise be to God!


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