e upon Siceleg, and
had smitten Siceleg, and burnt it with fire,

30:2. And had taken the women captives that were in it, both little and
great: and they had not killed any person, but had carried them with
them, and went on their way.

30:3. So when David and his men came to the city, and found it burnt
with fire, and that their wives, and their sons, and their daughters,
were taken captives,

30:4. David and the people that were with him, lifted up their voices,
and wept till they had no more tears.

30:5. For the two wives also of David were taken captives, Achinoam, the
Jezrahelitess, and Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel.

30:6. And David was greatly afflicted: for the people had a mind to
stone him, for the soul of every man was bitterly grieved for his sons
and daughters: but David took courage in the Lord his God.

30:7. And he said to Abiathar, the priest, the son of Achimelech: Bring
me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought the ephod to David.

30:8. And David consulted the Lord, saying: Shall I pursue after these
robbers, and shall I overtake them, or not? And the Lord said to him:
Pursue after them: for thou shalt surely overtake them and recover the
prey.

30:9. So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and
they came to the torrent Besor: and some, being weary, stayed there.

30:10. But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred
stayed, who, being weary, could not go over the torrent Besor.

30:11. And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to
David: and they gave him bread to eat, and water to drink,

30:12. As also a piece of a cake of figs, and two bunches of raisins.
And when he had eaten them, his spirit returned, and he was refreshed:
for he had not eaten bread, nor drunk water, three days and three
nights.

30:13. And David said to him: To whom dost thou belong; or whence dost
thou come? and whither art thou going? He said: I am a young man of
Egypt, the servant of an Amalecite: and my master left me, because I
began to be sick three days ago.

30:14. For we made an invasion on the south side of Cerethi, and upon
Juda, and upon the south of Caleb, and we burnt Siceleg with fire.

30:15. And David said to him: Canst thou bring me to this company? and
he said: Swear to me by God, that thou wilt not kill me, nor deliver me
into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee to this company. And
David swore to him.

30:16. And when he h