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Raid of the Amalekites on Ziklag. Return to Ziklag David. Persecution and defeat of the Amalekites. 1 Samuel 30:1. On the third day after David and his men went to Ziklag, the Amalekites attacked Ziklag from the south and took Ziklag and burned it with fire, The Amalekites are a nomadic people of the Sinai Peninsula. Undoubtedly, they wanted to take advantage of the fact that the military forces of the Philistines and David were currently diverted far to the north (see note to 1 Samuel 28:4). 1 Samuel 30:5. Both of David’s wives were also taken captive: Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail, Nabal’s former wife, the Carmelite. 1 Samuel 30:6. David was greatly embarrassed because the people wanted to stone him; for the whole people grieved in soul, each for his sons and daughters. “The people wanted to stone him,” considering David’s departure to Aphek one of the immediate causes of the misfortune that broke out. 1 Samuel 30:9. And David himself and the six hundred men who were with him went away; and they came to the brook Bozor, and they stopped there, weary. The stream Bozor flows into the Mediterranean Sea, west of Beersheba. 1 Samuel 30:14. We invaded the midday part of Keret and the region of Judah and the midday part of Caleb, and burned Ziklag with fire. Kereti is the name of the land of the Philistines. Part of Caleb is the area near Hebron. 1 Samuel 30:26. And David came to Ziklag and sent some of the spoils to the elders of Judah, his friends, saying, “Here is a gift for you from the spoils taken from the enemies of the Lord.” 1 Samuel 30:27. to those who are in Bethel, and in Ramoth south, and in Jattirah, [and in Gephora,] 1 Samuel 30:28. and in Aroer, [and in Ammad,] and in Shithmoth, and in Estemoa, [and in Gath,] 1 Samuel 30:29. [in Kinana, in Safen, in Timatha,] and in Rahal, and in the cities of Jerahmeel, and in the cities of Kenite, 1 Samuel 30:30. and in Khorm, and in Khorashan, and in Atakh, 1 Samuel 30:31. and in Hebron, and in all the places where David himself and his people walked. David's long stay abroad of the Jewish country could be interpreted by the Jews in a direction unfavorable for David. The defeat of Israel's long-time enemies, the Amalekites (Ex. 17:8–16), and the gift sent to the elders should have convinced the Jewish people that David remained the same in his views and feelings towards his homeland as he had been before. In addition to Jewish cities, David's gifts were sent to many foreign areas (near the southern and southeastern outskirts of the Jewish state), “where David himself and his people went,” as a sign of gratitude for their previous hospitality. You might be interested in: