1 Samuel 30:3
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Source: Septuagint
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.
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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.
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.
— 1 Samuel 30:3 —
4And David and his men lifted up their voice, and wept till there was no longer any power within them to weep.
5And both the wives of David were carried captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.