13 Then David and his men, (A)about six hundred, rose up and departed from Keilah, and they went (B)wherever they could go. When it was reported to Saul that David had escaped from Keilah, he gave up [a]the pursuit.

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  1. 1 Samuel 23:13 Lit going out

13 So David and his men,(A) about six hundred in number, left Keilah and kept moving from place to place. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he did not go there.

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13 Then David said to his men, “Each of you strap on his sword.” So each man strapped on his sword. And David also strapped on his sword, and about (A)four hundred men went up behind David, while two hundred (B)stayed with the baggage.

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13 David said to his men(A), “Each of you strap on your sword!” So they did, and David strapped his on as well. About four hundred men went(B) up with David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.(C)

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David’s Victory over the Amalekites

30 Then it happened, when David and his men came to (A)Ziklag on the third day, that (B)the Amalekites had carried out an attack on the [a]Negev and on (C)Ziklag, and had [b]overthrown Ziklag and burned it with fire;

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  1. 1 Samuel 30:1 I.e., South country
  2. 1 Samuel 30:1 Lit struck

David Destroys the Amalekites

30 David and his men reached Ziklag(A) on the third day. Now the Amalekites(B) had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They had attacked Ziklag and burned(C) it,

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So David left, (A)he and the six hundred men who were with him, and they came to the brook Besor, where some who were left behind stayed.

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David and the six hundred men(A) with him came to the Besor Valley, where some stayed behind.

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