and they took captive the women and all who were in it, from the small to the great, [a](A)without killing anyone, and drove them off and went their way. When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire, and their wives, their sons, and their daughters had been taken captive. Then David and the people who were with him (B)raised their voices and wept until there was no strength in them to weep.

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  1. 1 Samuel 30:2 Lit they did not kill

and 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.

When David and his men reached Ziklag, they found it destroyed by fire and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.(A) So David and his men wept(B) aloud until they had no strength left to weep.

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