Holy Scripture
1 Samuel 30:2
A church father on this verse
“And they had killed no one, etc. Heretics captivate but do not kill; who though they may rob the simplicity of faith from the less instructed, yet they cannot take away the fervor of charity, which is the life of virtues.”
Source: Septuagint
Original
2And as to the women and all things that were in it, great and small, they slew neither man nor woman, but carried them captives, and went on their way.
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In context
1And it came to pass when David and his men had entered Ziklag on the third day, that Amalek had made an incursion upon the south, and upon Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire.
— 1 Samuel 30:2 —
3And David and his men came into the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were carried captive.
4And David and his men lifted up their voice, and wept till there was no longer any power within them to weep.