1 Samuel 29
David has gone to join the Philistine army with his friendly king Achish, which would have been pretty disastrous for any chance of David becoming king in the future as anything other than the puppet of the Philistines.
Fortunately for David, the rest of the Philistine commanders do not see David as the ally that Achish does and demand of Achish that David should not stay with the army to launch some kind of counter attack behind the lines, or some other dirty trick, and Achish sent him back to Ziklag with an apology and a request not to upset the rest of the rulers.
David and his men return to Ziklag early next morning.
1 Samuel 30
When David and his men return to the town of Ziklag they find that Amalekite raiders have taken the opportunity of the absence of defenders to plunder the place - carrying off as plunder everybody and living thing in the town that was worth taking and setting what was left on fire.
David and his men are very troubled to find this and enquire of God if they should pursue, God said pursue them, you will catch them and get back what you have lost.
David and the whole 600 men with him set out at once to chase down the raiding party and get back what was taken - About 1/3 of his men stayed behind in the Besor valley as they were too exhausted to cross and the remaining 400 men carried on.
Eventually they found an Egyptian slave who had been abandoned by his Amalekite master as he was too ill to keep up, so David and his men gave him food and drink and he told the tale, and led David and his men to where they were hiding out.
David and his 400 men re-captured their kidnapped families and stolen goods and livestock along with the rest of the plunder from the band - they killed the whole band apart from 400 men who ran away on camels.
When David met back up with the 200 soldiers who had stayed behind some of the trouble makers started to make demands that those who did not take part in the attack should only get their stolen goods and family back but no more, until David puts a stop to this saying they are all an army and the spoils go to everybody, the one who guards supplies is to receive the same as the one on the line.
Getting back to Ziklag, David sent gifts of the plunder to the leaders and elders of the friendly towns and where his group had been roaming.
It looks like David is quite a capable military commander but also an astute politician,
Saul, meanwhile is nervously awaiting the attack, mercifully David will have no part in the battle
David has gone to join the Philistine army with his friendly king Achish, which would have been pretty disastrous for any chance of David becoming king in the future as anything other than the puppet of the Philistines.
Fortunately for David, the rest of the Philistine commanders do not see David as the ally that Achish does and demand of Achish that David should not stay with the army to launch some kind of counter attack behind the lines, or some other dirty trick, and Achish sent him back to Ziklag with an apology and a request not to upset the rest of the rulers.
David and his men return to Ziklag early next morning.
1 Samuel 30
When David and his men return to the town of Ziklag they find that Amalekite raiders have taken the opportunity of the absence of defenders to plunder the place - carrying off as plunder everybody and living thing in the town that was worth taking and setting what was left on fire.
David and his men are very troubled to find this and enquire of God if they should pursue, God said pursue them, you will catch them and get back what you have lost.
David and the whole 600 men with him set out at once to chase down the raiding party and get back what was taken - About 1/3 of his men stayed behind in the Besor valley as they were too exhausted to cross and the remaining 400 men carried on.
Eventually they found an Egyptian slave who had been abandoned by his Amalekite master as he was too ill to keep up, so David and his men gave him food and drink and he told the tale, and led David and his men to where they were hiding out.
David and his 400 men re-captured their kidnapped families and stolen goods and livestock along with the rest of the plunder from the band - they killed the whole band apart from 400 men who ran away on camels.
When David met back up with the 200 soldiers who had stayed behind some of the trouble makers started to make demands that those who did not take part in the attack should only get their stolen goods and family back but no more, until David puts a stop to this saying they are all an army and the spoils go to everybody, the one who guards supplies is to receive the same as the one on the line.
Getting back to Ziklag, David sent gifts of the plunder to the leaders and elders of the friendly towns and where his group had been roaming.
It looks like David is quite a capable military commander but also an astute politician,
Saul, meanwhile is nervously awaiting the attack, mercifully David will have no part in the battle
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