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1 Samuel 30:4

30:3 So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.
Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

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Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept until they had no more power to weep.

Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

30:5 And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

What does 1 Samuel 30:4 mean?

1 Samuel 30:4 is a verse in the book of 1 Samuel, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include דָּוִד (Dâvid), עַם (ʻam), נָשָׂא (nâsâʼ). It connects to 13 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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Then
DavidדָּוִדDâvid/daw-veed'/H1732David, the youngest son of Jesse
and
the
peopleעַםʻam/am/H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
that
were
with
him
lifted
upנָשָׂאnâsâʼ/naw-saw'/H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
their
voiceקוֹלqôwl/kole/H6963a voice or sound
and
wept,בָּכָהbâkâh/baw-kaw'/H1058to weep; generally to bemoan
until
they
had
no
more
powerכֹּחַkôach/ko'-akh/H3581vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
to
weep.בָּכָהbâkâh/baw-kaw'/H1058to weep; generally to bemoan

Commentary on 1 Samuel 30:4

HENRY_FULL · 1 Samuel 30:4
Saul, having made himself drunk with the blood of the priests of the Lord, is here, in this chapter, seeking David's life, who appears here doing good, and suffering ill, at the same time. Here is, I. The good service he did to his king and country, in rescuing the city of Keilah out of the hands of the Philistines, ver. 1-6 . II. The danger he was thereby brought into from the malice of the prince he served and the treachery of the city he saved, and his deliverance, by divine direction, from that danger, ver. 7-13 . III. David in a wood and his friend Jonathan visiting him there and encouraging him, ver. 14-18 . IV. The information which the Ziphites brought to Saul of David's haunts, and the expedition Saul made, in pursuit of him, ver. 19-25 . The narrow escape David had of falling into his hands, ver. 26-29 . "Many are the troubles of the righteous, but the Lord delivereth them out of them all." David Deli

Cross-references

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Numbers 27:21

And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.

Joshua 9:14

And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD. the men: or, they received the men by reason of their victuals

Judges 1:1

Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?

1 Samuel 30:6

And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God. grieved: Heb. bitter

1 Samuel 30:8

And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.

1 Samuel 30:9

So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.

2 Samuel 5:19

And David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.

2 Samuel 5:23

And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.

1 Chronicles 14:10

And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.

Psalms 32:8

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. guide: Heb. counsel thee, mine eye shall be upon thee

Proverbs 3:5

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Proverbs 3:6

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Jeremiah 10:23

O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

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Other verses that share key original-language words with 1 Samuel 30:4.

Genesis 21:16

And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.

Genesis 27:38

And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

Genesis 29:11

And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

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What does 1 Samuel 30:4 say?

1 Samuel 30:4 (King James Version) reads: "Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep."

Is 1 Samuel 30:4 in the Old or New Testament?

1 Samuel 30:4 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of 1 Samuel.

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