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1 Samuel 30:1-8

30\\xa0David and his men reached Ziklag on the third day. Now the Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They had attacked Ziklag and burned it,\\xa0^2\\xa0and had taken captive the women and everyone else in it, both young and old. They killed none of them, but carried them off as they went on their way.\\xa0

^3\\xa0When David and his men reached Ziklag, they found it destroyed by fire and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.\\xa0^4\\xa0So David and his men wept aloud until they had no strength left to weep.\\xa0^5\\xa0David\\u2019s two wives had been captured\\u2014Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of Carmel.\\xa0^6\\xa0David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was bitter in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the Lord his God.\\xa0

^7\\xa0Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelek, \\u201cBring me the ephod.\\u201d Abiathar brought it to him,\\xa0^8\\xa0and David inquired of the Lord, \\u201cShall I pursue this raiding party? Will I overtake them?\\u201d\\xa0

\\u201cPursue them,\\u201d he answered. \\u201cYou will certainly overtake them and succeed in the rescue.\\u201d\\xa0

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\\xa0The New International Version\\xa0(Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), 1 Sa 30:1\\u20138.

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