ESV Reformation Study Bible – 1 Sam 30:3
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1 Sam 30:3

30:3 their wives and sons and daughters taken captive. This turn of events is especially troubling, inasmuch as concern for the safety of their families may have motivated the retreat of David and his men to Philistine territory in the first place (27:1 note).