1 Kingdoms 30

Old Testament · Brenton Septuagint with Greek parallel

1 Kingdoms 30

1And it came to pass when David and his men had entered Sekelac on the third day, that Amalec had made an incursion upon the south, and upon Sekelac, and struck Sekelac, and burnt it with fire.Καὶ ἐγενήθη εἰσελθόντος Δαυὶδ καὶ τῶν ἀνδρῶν αὐτοῦ τὴν Σεκελὰκ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ, καὶ Ἀμαλὴκ ἐπέθετο ἐπὶ τὸν Νότον καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν Σεκελὰκ, καὶ ἐπάταξε τὴν Σεκελὰκ καὶ ἐνεπύρισαν αὐτὴν ἐν πυρί.

2And as to the women and all things that were in it, great and small, they killed neither man nor woman, but carried them captives, and went on their way.Καὶ τὰς γυναῖκας καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου οὐκ ἐθανάτωσαν ἄνδρα καὶ γυναῖκα, ἀλλʼ ᾐχμαλὼτευσαν, καὶ ἀπῆλθον εἰς τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτῶν.

3And David and his men came into the city, and, behold, it was burnt with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters were carried captive.Καὶ ἦλθε Δαυὶδ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν πόλιν, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐμπεπύρισται ἐν πυρὶ, αἱ δὲ γυναῖκες αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτῶν καὶ αἱ θυγατέρες αὐτῶν ᾐχμαλωτευμένοι.

4And David and his men lifted up their voice, and wept till there was no longer any power within them to weep.Καὶ ᾖρε Δαυὶδ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτοῦ τὴν φωνὴν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἔκλαυσαν ἕως ὅτου οὐκ ἦν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἰσχὺς ἔτι τοῦ κλαίειν.

5And both the wives of David were carried captive, Achinaam, the Jezraelitess, and Abigaia the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.Καὶ ἀμφότεραι αἱ γυναῖκες Δαυὶδ ᾐχμαλωτεύθησαν, Ἀχιναὰμ ἡ Ἰεζραηλίτις, καὶ Ἀβιγαία ἡ γυνὴ Νάβαλ τοῦ Καρμηλίου.

6And David was greatly distressed, because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, each for his sons and his daughters: but David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.Καὶ ἐθλίβη Δαυὶδ σφόδρα, ὅτι εἶπεν ὁ λαὸς λιθοβολῆσαι αὐτὸν, ὅτι κατώδυνος ψυχὴ παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ ἑκάστου ἐπὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς θυγατέρας αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐκραταιώθη Δαυὶδ ἐν Κυρίῳ Θεῷ αὐτοῦ.

7And David said to Abiathar the priest the son of Achimelech, Bring near the * ephod.Καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ πρὸς Ἀβιάθαρ τὸν ἱερέα υἱὸν Ἀχιμέλεχ, προσάγαγε τὸ ἐφούδ.

8And David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this † troop? shall I overtake them? and he said to him, Pursue, for you shall surely overtake them, and you shall surely rescue the captives.Καὶ ἐπηρώτησε Δαυὶδ διὰ τοῦ Κυρίου, λέγων, εἰ καταδιώξω ὀπίσω τοῦ γεδδοὺρ τούτου; εἰ καταλήμψομαι αὐτούς; καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, καταδίωκε, ὅτι καταλαμβάνων καταλήμψῃ αὐτοὺς, καὶ ἐξαιρούμενος ἐξελῇ.

9So David went, he and the six hundred men with him, an they come as far as the brook Bosor, and the superfluous ones stopped.Καὶ ἐπορεύθη Δαυὶδ αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ ἑξακόσιοι ἄνδρες μετʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔρχονται ἕως τοῦ χειμάῤῥου Βοσὸρ, καὶ οἱ περισσοὶ ἔστησαν.

10And he pursued them with four hundred men; and there remained behind two hundred men, who tarried on the other side of the brook Bosor.Καὶ κατεδίωξεν ἐν τετρακοσίοις ἀνδράσιν· ὑπέστησαν δὲ διακόσιοι ἄνδρες οἵτινες ἐκάθισαν πέραν τοῦ χειμάῤῥου τοῦ Βοσόρ.

11And they find an Egyptian in the field, and they take him, and bring him to David; and they ‡ gave him bread and he ate, and they caused him to drink water.Καὶ εὑρίσκουσιν ἄνδρα Αἰγύπτιον ἐν ἀγρῷ, καὶ λαμβάνουσιν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἄγουσιν αὐτὸν πρὸς Δαυίδ· καὶ διδόασιν αὐτῷ ἄρτον καὶ ἔφαγε, καὶ ἐπότισαν αὐτὸν ὕδωρ·

12And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and he ate, and his spirit was § restored in him; for he had not eaten bread, and had not drunk water three days and three nights.καὶ διδόασιν αὐτῷ κλάσμα παλάθης καὶ ἔφαγε, καὶ κατέστη τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ· ὅτι οὐ βεβρώκει ἄρτον, καὶ οὐ πεπώκει ὕδωρ τρεῖς ἡμέρας καὶ τρεῖς νύκτας.

13And David said to him, Whose are you? and whence are you? and the young man the Egyptian said, I am the servant of an Amalekite; and my master left me, because I was taken ill three days ago.Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Δαυὶδ, τίνος σὺ εἶ, καὶ πόθεν εἶ; καὶ εἶπε τὸ παιδάριον τὸ Αἰγύπτιον, ἐγώ εἰμι δοῦλος ἀνδρὸς Ἀμαληκίτου, καὶ κατέλιπέ με ὁ κύριός μου, ὅτι ἠνωχλήθην ἐγὼ σήμερον τριταῖος.

14And we made an incursion on the south of the Chelethite, and on the parts of Judea, and on the south of Chelub, and we burnt Sekelac with fire.Καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐπεθέμεθα ἐπὶ τὸν Νότον τοῦ Χελεθὶ, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ τῆς Ἰουδαίας μέρη, καὶ ἐπὶ Νότον Χελοὺβ, καὶ τὴν Σεκελὰκ ἐνεπυρίσαμεν ἐν πυρί.

15And David said to him, Will you bring me down to this troop? And he said, Swear now to me by God, that you will not kill me, and that you will not deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down upon this troop.Καὶ εἶπεν, αὐτῷ Δαυὶδ, εἰ κατάξεις με ἐπὶ τὸ γεδδοὺρ τοῦτο; καὶ εἶπεν, ὄμοσον δή μοι κατὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ μὴ θανατώσειν με, καὶ μὴ παραδοῦναί με εἰς χεῖρας τοῦ κυρίου μου, καὶ κατάξω σε ἐπὶ τὸ γεδδοὺρ τοῦτο.

16So he brought him down there, and behold, they were scattered abroad upon the surface of the whole land, eating and drinking, and feasting by reason of all the great spoils which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Juda.Καὶ κατήγαγεν αὐτὸν ἐκεῖ, καὶ ἰδοὺ οὗτοι διακεχυμένοι ἐπὶ πρόσωπον πάσης τῆς γῆς, ἐσθίοντες καὶ πίνοντες καὶ ἑορτάζοντες ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς σκύλοις τοῖς μεγάλοις, οἷς ἔλαβον ἐκ γῆς ἀλλοφύλων καὶ ἐκ γῆς Ἰούδα.

17And David came upon them, and struck them from the morning till the evening, and on the next day; and not one of them escaped, except four hundred young men, who were mounted on camels, and fled.Καὶ ἦλθεν ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς Δαυὶδ, καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ ἑωσφόρου ἕως δείλης καὶ τῇ ἐπαύριον· καὶ οὐκ ἐσώθη ἐξ αὐτῶν ἀνὴρ, ὅτι ἀλλʼ ἢ τετρακόσια παιδάρια, ἃ ἦν ἐπιβεβηκότα ἐπὶ τὰς καμήλους, καὶ ἔφυγον.

18And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and he rescued both his wives.Καὶ ἀφείλατο Δαυὶδ πάντα ἃ ἔλαβον οἱ Ἀμαληκῖται, καὶ ἀμφότερας τὰς γυναῖκας αὐτοῦ ἐξείλατο.

19And ** nothing was lacking to them of great or small, either of the spoils, or the sons and daughters, or anything that they had taken of theirs; and David recovered all.Καὶ οὐ διεφώνησεν αὐτοῖς ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν σκύλων, καὶ ἕως υἱῶν καὶ θυγατέρων, καὶ ἕως πάντων ὧν ἔλαβον αὐτῶν, καὶ πάντα ἐπέστρεψε Δαυίδ.

20And he took all the flocks, and the herds, and led them away before the spoils: and it was said of these spoils, These are the spoils of David.Καὶ ἔλαβε πάντα τὰ ποίμνια, καὶ τὰ βουκόλια, καὶ ἀπήγαγεν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν σκύλων· καὶ τοῖς σκύλοις ἐκείνοις ἐλέγετο, ταῦτα τὰ σκῦλα Δαυίδ.

21And David comes to the two hundred men who were left behind that they should not follow after David, and he had caused them to remain †† by the brook of Bosor; and they came forth to meet David, and to meet his people with him: and David drew near to the people, and they asked him how he did.Καὶ παραγίνεται Δαυὶδ πρὸς τοὺς διακοσὶους ἄνδρας τούς ὑπολειφθέντας τοῦ πορεύεσθαι ὀπίσω Δαυὶδ, καὶ ἐκάθισεν αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ χειμάῤῥῳ τοῦ Βοσὸρ, καὶ ἐξῆλθον εἰς ἀπάντησιν Δαυὶδ καὶ εἰς ἀπάντησιν τοῦ λαοῦ τοῦ μετʼ αὐτοῦ· καὶ προσήγαγε Δαυὶδ ἕως τοῦ λαοῦ, καὶ ἠρώτησαν αὐτὸν τὰ εἰς εἰρήνην.

22Then every ill-disposed and bad man of the soldiers who had gone with David, answered and said, Because they did not pursue together with us, we will not give them of the spoils which we have recovered, only let each one lead away with him his wife and his children, and let them return.Καὶ ἀπεκρίθη πᾶς ἀνὴρ λοιμὸς καὶ πονηρὸς τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῶν πολεμιστῶν τῶν πορευθέντων μετὰ Δαυὶδ, καὶ εἶπον, ὅτι οὐ κατεδίωξαν μεθʼ ἡμῶν, οὐ δώσομεν αὐτοῖς ἐκ τῶν σκύλων ὧν ἐξειλόμεθα, ὅτι ἀλλʼ ἢ ἕκαστος τὴς γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτοῦ ἀπαγέσθωσαν, καὶ ἀποστρεφέτωσαν.

23And David said, You shall not do so, after the Lord has delivered the enemy to us, and guarded us, and the Lord has delivered into our hands the troop that came against us.Καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ, οὐ ποιήσετε οὕτως, μετὰ τὸ παραδοῦναι τὸν Κύριον ἡμῖν, καὶ φυλάξαι ἡμᾶς, καὶ παρέδωκε Κύριος τὸν γεδδοὺρ τὸν ἐπερχόμενον ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς, εἰς χεῖρας ἡμῶν.

24And who will listen to these your words? for they are not ‡‡inferior to us; for according to the portion of him that went down to the battle, so shall be the portion of him that abides with the baggage; they shall share alike.Καὶ τίς ἐπακούσεται ὑμῶν τῶν λόγων τούτων; ὅτιδοὐχ ἧττον ἡμῶν εἰσι, διότι κατὰ τὴν μερίδα τοῦ καταβαίνοντος εἰς τὸν πόλεμον, οὕτως ἔσται ἡ μερὶς τοῦ καθημένου ἐπὶ τὰ σκεύη, κατὰ τὸ αὐτὸ μεριοῦνται.

25And it came to pass from that day forward, that it became an ordinance and a custom in Israel until this day.Καὶ ἐγενήθη ἀπὸ τῆς ἡμέρας ἐκείνης καὶ ἐπάνω, καὶ ἐγένετο εἰς προστάγμα καὶ εἱς δικαίωμα τῷ Ἰσραὴλ ἕως τῆς σήμερον.

26And David came to Sekelac, and sent of the spoils to the elders of Juda, and to his friends, saying, §§ Behold some of the spoils of the enemies of the Lord;Καὶ ἦλθε Δαυὶδ εἰς Σεκελὰκ, καὶ ἀπέστειλε τοῖς πρεσβυτέροις τῶν σκύλων Ἰούδα καὶ τοῖς πλησίον αὐτοῦ, λέγων, ἰδοὺ ἀπὸ τῶν σκύλων τῶν ἐχθρῶν Κυρίου,

27to those in *** Baethsur, and to those in Rama of the south, and to those in Gethor.τοῖς ἐν Βαιθσοὺρ, καὶ τοῖς Ῥαμᾷ Νότου, καὶ τοῖς ἐν Γεθὸρ,

28And to those in Aroer, and to those in Ammadi, and to those in Saphi, and to those in Esthie,καὶ τοῖς ἐν Ἀροὴρ, καὶ τοῖς ἐν Ἀμμαδὶ, καὶ τοῖς ἐν Σαφὶ, καὶ τοῖς ἐν Ἐσθιὲ,

28aκαὶ τοὶς ἐν Γὲθ, καὶ τοῖς ἐν Κιμὰθ, καὶ τοῖς ἐν Σαφὲκ, καὶ τοῖς ἐν Θημὰθ,

29and to those in Geth, and to those in Cimath, and to those in Saphec, and to those in Themath, and to those in Carmel, and to those in the cities of Jeremeel, and to those in the cities of the Kenezite;καὶ τοῖς ἐν Καρμήλῳ, καὶ τοῖς ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι τοῦ Ἱερεμεὴλ, καὶ τοῖς ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι τοῦ Κενεζὶ,

30and to those in Jerimuth, and to those in Bersabee, and to those in Nombe,καὶ τοῖς ἐν Ἱεριμοὺθ, καὶ τοῖς ἐν Βηρσαβεὶ, καὶ τοῖς ἐν Νομβὲ,

31and to those in Chebron, and to all the places which David and his men had passed through.καὶ τοῖς ἐν Χεβρὼν, καὶ πάντας τοὺς τόπους οὓς διῆλθε Δαυὶδ ἐκεῖ αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτοῦ.

Translator's Notes

These notes come from the printed edition of Sir Lancelot Brenton's classic English translation of the Septuagint (LXX), and record where the Greek differs from the English rendering or admits more than one reading.

• v. 7*Alex. and Heb.+ 'And Abiathar brought the ephod to David.'
• v. 8†The Greek is borrowed from the Hebrew.
• v. 11‡Gr. give.
• v. 12§Gr. staid or established in him.
• v. 19**See Num 31:49; Josh 23:14; 3 Kings 8:56.
• v. 21††Gr. in.
• v. 24‡‡Gr. an inferior thing.
• v. 26§§Heb. and Alex. 'Behold! a blessing from you.' etc.
• v. 27***Heb. and Alex. 'Bethel.'