داوُد يحارب العماليقيـين
1 فلمَّا وصلَ داوُدُ ورجالُهُ إلى صقلَغَ في اليومِ الثَّالثِ، كانَ العماليقيُّونَ غزَوا الجنوبَ وصقلَغَ وأحرَقوها، 2 وسبَوا مَنْ فيها مِنَ النِّساءِ ولم يقتُلوا أحدا، لا كبـيرا ولا صغيرا، بل ساقوهم وذهَبوا في طريقِهِم. 3 فلمَّا وصلَ داوُدُ ورجالُهُ إلى المدينةِ، وجدوها محروقةً بَعدَ أنْ سُبـيَت نِساؤُها وبَنوها وبَناتُها. 4 فرفَعَ داوُدُ والّذينَ معَهُ أصواتَهُم بالبُكاءِ، حتّى لم يـبقَ لهُم قدرةٌ علَيهِ. 5 وسُبـيت حتّى زوجَتا داوُدَ أيضا أخينوعَمُ اليَزرعيليَّةُ وأبـيجايلُ الّتي كانت زوجَةَ نابالَ الكَرمليِّ. 6 وتضايقَ داوُدُ جِدًّا لأنَّ رجالَهُ شعَروا بالمَرارةِ على بَنيهِم وبناتِهِم وفكَّروا برَجمِهِ. فشدَّدَ داوُدُ عزيمتَهُ بالرّبِّ 7 وقالَ لأبـياثارَ الكاهنِ ابنِ أخيمالِكَ: «جِئْني بالأفودِ»، فجاءَهُ بهِ. 8 فسألَ داوُدُ الرّبَّ: «هل أُطارِدُ هؤلاءِ الغُزاةَ وهل ألحَقُ بهِم؟» فقالَ الرّبُّ: «طارِدْهُم، تَلحَقْ بهِم وتُنقِذِ الأسرى».
9 فسارَ داوُدُ ورجالُهُ السِتُّ مئَةٍ وجاؤوا إلى وادي البَسور. فبقيَ مِنهُم هُناكَ مِئتا رجُلٍ عجَزوا عَنْ عُبورِ الوادي، 10 وتابَعَ داوُدُ سيرَهُ بأربَعِ مئةِ رجُلٍ. 11 فصادَفوا رجُلا مِصْريًّا في البَرِّيَّةِ، فأخذوهُ إلى داوُدَ وأعطَوهُ خبزا فأكلَ وسَقَوهُ ماءً، 12 وأعطَوهُ قُرصا مِنَ التِّينِ وعُنقودَينِ منَ الزَّبـيبِ، فأكلَ وعادت إليهِ قُواهُ، ولم يكُنْ أكلَ خبزا ولا شرِبَ ماءً مدَّةَ ثَلاثَةِ أيّامٍ بِلياليها. 13 فسألَهُ داوُدُ: «مَنْ أنتَ ومِنْ أينَ جِئتَ؟» فقالَ: «أنا مِصْريٌّ وعبدٌ لِرجُلٍ عماليقيٍّ ترَكَني لأنِّي مرِضتُ مُنذُ ثَلاثَةِ أيّامٍ. 14 غَزَونا الكريتيِّينَ في الجَنوبِ وبعضَ أرضِ بَني يَهوذا وبَني كالِبَ، وأحرَقنا صِقْلَغَ». 15 فقالَ لَه داوُدُ: «هل تَقودُني إلى أولئِكَ الغُزاةِ؟» فأجابَهُ: «أقسِمْ لي باللهِ أنَّكَ لا تَقتُلُني ولا تُسَلِّمُني إلى يَدِ سيِّدي، وأنا أقودُكَ إليهِم».
16 فقادَهُ إليهِم، فرآهُم هُنا وهُنالِكَ، يأكُلونَ ويشربونَ ويرقُصونَ فرَحا بالغنيمةِ الوافرةِ الّتي أخَذوها مِنْ أرضِ الفلِسطيِّينَ ومِنْ أرضِ يَهوذا. 17 فقاتَلَهُم داوُدُ مِنَ الفَجرِ إلى المساءِ، فما نَجا مِنهُم إلاَّ أربَعُ مئةِ رجُلٍ ركِبوا على الجِمالِ وهربوا. 18 واستردَّ داوُدُ ما أخَذَ العماليقيُّونَ، وخلَّصَ امرأتَيهِ. 19 وما خَسِروا شيئا، لا صغيرا ولا كبـيرا ولا بَنينَ ولا بَناتٍ، ولا غنيمَةً ولا شيئا مِنْ جميعِ ما سَلبَ العماليقيُّونَ، بلِ استرَدَّ داوُدُ كُلَّ شيءٍ. 20 إستردَّ جميعَ الغنَمِ والبقَرِ، وساقَ رجالُهُ المواشيَ أمامَهُم وهُم يَهتفونَ: «هذِهِ غنيمةُ داوُدَ».
21 وجاءَ داوُدُ إلى الرِّجالِ المِئَتينِ الّذينَ عجَزوا عنِ اللَّحاقِ بهِ وظَلُّوا في وادي البَسورِ، فخرَجوا لِلقائِهِ هوَ ورجالُهُ الّذينَ معَهُ. فتقدَّمَ داوُدُ إليهِم وسلَّمَ علَيهِم. 22 فقالَ كُلُّ شرِّيرٍ لئيمٍ مِمَّنْ ذهَبوا معَ داوُدَ: «بِما أنَّهُم لم يذهبوا معَنا، فلن نُعطيَهُم مِنَ الغنيمَةِ الّتي استرجَعناها إلاَّ زوجَةَ كُلِّ واحدٍ وبَنيهِ، فليَقتادوهُم ويَنصرِفوا». 23 فقالَ داوُدُ: «لا تفعَلوا هكذا يا إخوتي في ما أعطانا الرّبُّ. فهوَ الّذي حمانا وأسلمَ الغُزاةَ إلى أيدينا. 24 لا أحدَ يُوافِقُكُم على هذا الأمرِ، لأنَّ نصيـبَ السَّائرينَ إلى الحربِ كنصيـبِ الّذينَ يَحرُسونَ المونَةَ والعِتادَ، بالسَّواءِ يقتَسمونَ». 25 فصارَ ذلِكَ فريضَةً وحُكما في أرضِ إِسرائيلَ إلى هذا اليومِ.
26 وجاءَ داوُدُ إلى صِقْلَغَ وأرسلَ مِنَ الغنيمَةِ إلى شُيوخِ يَهوذا أصحابِهِ قائلا: «هذِهِ لكُم هديَّةٌ مِمَّا غنِمناهُ مِنْ أعداءِ الرّبِّ». 27 أُرسِلُها إلى الّذينَ في بَيتَ إيلَ وفي راموتَ في الجنوبِ، وفي يَتيرَ 28 وعَروعيرَ وسِفْموثَ وأشتِموعَ، 29 وفي راكالَ ومُدُنِ اليَرحَمئيليِّينَ والقَينيِّينَ، 30 وفي حُرمَةَ وكورَعاشانَ وعَتاكَ، 31 وفي حَبرونَ وجميعِ الأماكنِ الّتي سارَ فيها داوُدُ ورِجالُهُ.
1 And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire; 2 And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.
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. 4 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep. 5 And David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. 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.
7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David. 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 . 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. 10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
11 ¶ And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water; 12 And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights. 13 And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick. 14 We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire. 15 And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.
16 ¶ And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah. 17 And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled. 18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives. 19 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all. 20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David’s spoil.
21 ¶ And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them. 22 Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart. 23 Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand. 24 For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike. 25 And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.
26 ¶ And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD; 27 To them which were in Beth-el, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir, 28 And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa, 29 And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites, 30 And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chor-ashan, and to them which were in Athach, 31 And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.