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1 Samuel 30:1

And 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;

KJV

Cumque venissent David et viri ejus in Siceleg die tertia, Amalecitæ impetum fecerant ex parte australi in Siceleg, et percusserant Siceleg, et succenderant eam igni.

Vulgate

Καὶ ἐγενήθη εἰσελθόντος Δαυεὶδ καὶ τῶν ἀνδρῶν αὐτοῦ εἰς Κεειλὰ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ, καὶ Ἀμαλὴκ ἐπέθετο ἐπὶ τὸν νότον καὶ ἐπὶ Σεκελάκ, καὶ ἐπάταξεν τὴν Σεκελὰκ καὶ ἐνεπύρισεν αὐτὴν ἐν πυρί·

LXX

And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid upon the South, and upon Ziklag, and had smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire,

ASV

וַ/יְהִ֞י בְּ/בֹ֨א דָוִ֧ד וַ/אֲנָשָׁ֛י/ו צִֽקְלַ֖ג בַּ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/שְּׁלִישִׁ֑י וַ/עֲמָלֵקִ֣י פָֽשְׁט֗וּ אֶל נֶ֨גֶב֙ וְ/אֶל צִ֣קְלַ֔ג וַ/יַּכּוּ֙ אֶת צִ֣קְלַ֔ג וַ/יִּשְׂרְפ֥וּ אֹתָ֖/הּ בָּ/אֵֽשׁ

Hebrew

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In this verse

People David
Places Ziklag

In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֵ֖שׁ
'sh
noun · 376×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
דָּוִ֔ד
dvd
proper_noun · 1067×
ה
h
noun · 111×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יִּפְשְׁט֖וּ
ypshtv
verb · 43×
ם
m
verb · 499×
עֲמָלֵקִ֣י
'mlqy
noun · 12×
צִ֣קְלַ֔ג
tsqlg
proper_noun · 15×
שְּׁלִישִׁ֔י
shlyshy
noun · 108×
שָׂרַ֥ף
shrp
verb · 116×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 15:7 — And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
  • 1Sam 15:8 — And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
  • 1Sam 27:8 — And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of
  • 1Sam 29:4 — And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and
  • 1Sam 29:11 — So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
  • 1Sam 30:14 — We 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.
  • 2Sam 1:8 — And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
  • 2Sam 2:3 — And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.
  • Exod 17:8 — Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
  • Exod 17:14 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
  • Jer 41:12 — Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.
  • Josh 11:6 — And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with
  • Josh 15:31 — And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,