1So like, David and his crew rolled up to Ziklag on day three, and the Amalekites totally invaded the south, wrecked Ziklag, and set it on fire;

2They took all the women captive, but no one got hurt, big or small, just bounced with them and dipped.

3When David and his boys got to the city, it was lit on fire; their wives, sons, and daughters were all taken.

4Then David and his squad started crying hard, like, no cap, until they had no tears left.

5And David’s two wives were taken, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail, Nabal's wife, just savage.

6David was super stressed; people were talking about stoning him 'cause everyone was hurt over their families, but he hyped himself up in the Lord.

7David told Abiathar the priest, “Yo, bring me the ephod,” and Abiathar was like, “Bet,” and brought it over.

8David asked the Lord, “Should I chase after them? Will I catch them?” And God was like, “Go for it; you’ll totally catch them and get everything back.”

9So David took off with his six hundred homies and hit the brook Besor, where the rest were too tired to keep up.

10But David kept going with four hundred men; two hundred stayed behind 'cause they were too wiped to cross the brook.

11They found this Egyptian dude chillin' in the field, brought him to David, gave him some bread, and he was like, "Yum," and guzzled some water;

12They hooked him up with a fig cake and some raisins, and once he ate, he got his vibe back, 'cause he hadn't eaten or drank for three days and nights, no cap.

13David was like, "Who you rollin' with and where you from?" And he said, "I’m just a young Egyptian, servin' an Amalekite; my boss ditched me 'cause I got sick three days ago."

14We rolled up on the Cherethites in the south, hit up Judah’s coast, and burned Ziklag to the ground, straight savage.

15David asked him, "Can you show me where these peeps are?" And he was like, "Bet, but swear to me by God you won’t off me or hand me over to my boss."

16When he brought him down, fam was spread out everywhere, munching, sipping, and dancing 'cause they scored major loot from the Philistines and Judah.

17David went hard on them from twilight to the next evening: no one got away except for 400 young dudes who peaced out on camels.

18David got back everything the Amalekites took, plus he saved his two wives, periodt.

19They were missing nada, no small or big stuff, no sons or daughters, no loot—David got it all back, fr.

20David took all the flocks and herds they drove in front of the other cattle, and was like, "This is David’s loot."

21So David pulls up to the two hundred homies who were too tired to roll with him, and they were chilling by the brook Besor. They came to vibe with David and his crew, and when David got close, he gave them a shoutout.

22Then all the shady dudes and the sketchy crew with David were like, "Nah, they didn’t roll with us, so we ain’t sharing the loot, except for their wives and kids, so they can bounce."

23David was like, "Chill, fam, we can’t do that with what the Lord hooked us up with, who kept us safe and handed over the enemies to us."

24Who’s gonna listen to you on this? Just like the ones who hit the battlefield get their share, the ones who stayed back with the gear get the same.

25And from that day on, David made it a rule for Israel, and they still follow it today, no cap.

26When David got to Ziklag, he sent some of the loot to the elders of Judah, his homies, saying, "Yo, check out this gift from the enemies of the Lord."

27To the ones chilling in Beth-el, and the ones down in south Ramoth, and those in Jattir,

28And to the homies in Aroer, and the ones in Siphmoth, and those in Eshtemoa,

29And to the crew in Rachal, and the peeps in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and those in the cities of the Kenites,

30And to the squad in Hormah, and the ones in Chor-ashan, and those in Athach,

31And to the homies in Hebron, and all the spots where David and his crew used to chill.

1And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;

2And 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.

3So 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.

4Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

5And David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

6And 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.

7And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.

8And David enquired at the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.

9So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.

10But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.

11And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;

12And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.

13And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.

14We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.

15And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.

16And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

17And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.

18And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.

19And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all.

20And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David’s spoil.

21And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.

22Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.

23Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the Lord hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.

24For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.

25And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.

26And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the Lord;

27To them which were in Beth–el, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,

28And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa,

29And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites,

30And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chor–ashan, and to them which were in Athach,

31And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.