^{1 Ref} And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid upon the South, and upon Ziklag, and had smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire,

^{2 Ref} and had taken captive the women `and all' that were therein, both small and great: they slew not any, but carried them off, and went their way.

^{3 Ref} And when David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captive.

^{4 Ref} Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

^{5 Ref} And David's two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

^{6 Ref} 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 strengthened himself in Jehovah his God.

^{7 Ref} And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.