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BrLXXτοῖς ἐν Βαιθσοὺρ, καὶ τοῖς Ῥαμᾷ Νότου, καὶ τοῖς ἐν Γεθὸρ, (tois en Baithsour, kai tois Ɽama Notou, kai tois en Gethor, )
BrTrto those in [fn]Bæthsur, and to those in Rama of the south, and to those in Gethor.
JPSto them that were in Beth-el, and to them that were in Ramoth of the South, and to them that were in Jattir;
ASVto them that were in Beth-el, and to them that were in Ramoth of the South, and to them that were in Jattir,
DRATo them that were in Bethel, and that were in Ramoth to the south, and to them that were in Jether,
YLTto those in Beth-El, and to those in South Ramoth, and to those in Jattir,
Drbyto those in Bethel, and to those in south Ramoth, and to those in Jattir,
RVTo them which were in Beth-el, and to them which were in Ramoth of the South, and to them which were in Jattir;
WbstrTo them who were in Beth-el, and to them who were in south Ramoth, and to them who were in Jattir,
KJB-1769To them which were in Beth-el, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,
KJB-1611To them which were in Bethel, and to them which were in South Ramoth, and to them which were in Iattir, (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)
BshpsHe sent to them of Bethel, to them of south Ramoth, to them of Iathir, (He sent to them of Bethel, to them of south Ramoth, to them of Yathir,)
GnvaHee sent to them of Beth-el, and to them of South Ramoth, and to them of Iattir, (He sent to them of Beth-el, and to them of South Ramoth, and to them of Yattir, )
Cvdlnamely vnto them of Bethel, vnto them at Ramath in the south, vnto them at Iathir, (namely unto them of Bethel, unto them at Ramath in the south, unto them at Yathir,)
Wyclto hem that weren in Bethel, and that weren in Ramoth, at the south, (to them that were in Bethel, and that were in Ramoth, at the south,)
Luthnämlich denen zu Bethel, denen zu Ramoth am Mittage, denen zu Jathir, (nämlich denen to Bethel, denen to Ramoth in/at/on_the Mittage, denen to Yathir,)
ClVghis qui erant in Bethel, et qui in Ramoth ad meridiem, et qui in Jether, (his who they_were in Bethel, and who in Ramoth to meridiem, and who in Yether, )
The Bible makes it clear that David was specially chosen and raised up by God to be Israel’s next king (1 Samuel 16:1-13), but Scripture also makes it clear that David’s rise to power came about through several shrewd maneuvers on his part. Among these shrewd maneuvers were David’s clandestine attacks on hostile peoples to the south of Judah and his distribution of Amalekite plunder among the towns of southern Judah. These actions by David strengthened southern Judah against their enemies and no doubt cemented Judah’s loyalty to him as a champion for their well-being. It should be noted that the Bible affirms King Saul’s effectiveness at attacking Israel’s enemies (1 Samuel 14:47-52), especially the Philistines, but various character flaws and bad choices by Saul led to God’s selection of David as the one who would replace Saul as king (1 Samuel 13:1-23; 15:1-35). Because of this, Saul grew jealous of David and sought to kill him, forcing David to seek refuge among various towns throughout Judah and even in Philistia (1 Samuel 16-27). After seeking asylum in Gath for a time, David asked King Achish if he could move his family outside of the city, and Achish gave him the border town of Ziklag. Apparently Achish still tried to keep tabs on David’s activities, however, periodically asking him where he had recently raided. David would answer that he had been raiding the Negev of Judah, the Negev of the Jerahmeelites (see 1 Chronicles 2:42), or the Negev of the Kenites (Judges 1:16; see “Saul Attacks the Amalekites” map), which were inhabited by people loyal to Israel. In reality, however, David had been raiding the Amalekites (longtime enemies of Israel; see Genesis 14:7; Exodus 17; Numbers 13:29; 14:45; Deuteronomy 25:17-19), the Geshurites, and the Girzites. These peoples lived to the south of Israel’s territory and along the Way to Shur leading to Egypt. Soon after this King Achish mustered his men at Aphek to head to battle against the Israelites in the Jezreel Valley further north. As they set off for battle and the other Philistine rulers realized David and his men were accompanying them, the rulers protested and insisted that David would turn on them in battle. So Achish sent David home and continued on to Jezreel. When David and his men arrived at Ziklag, they found that Amalekites had burned the town and carried off their wives and children. David and his men set out to attack the Amalekites and recover their families. When they reached the Besor Brook, two hundred of the men were too exhausted to go on and stayed with the other equipment while the remaining four hundred men continued toward Amalek. Along the way, David’s men found an abandoned Egyptian slave of the Amalekites who had participated in the attack on Ziklag and on other locations in southern Judah. The man led David’s men to the Amalekite camp, and then they attacked the Amalekites and retrieved all the captives and plunder that had been taken. Only four hundred Amalekites were able to escape, fleeing on camels. David’s men then rejoined their fellow warriors at the Besor Brook and returned to Ziklag. David sent some of the plunder to the leaders of Ziklag as well as to other towns where David had roamed during the time when he was fleeing from Saul. Many of these towns were located in territory formerly inhabited by Amalekites (Numbers 13:29; 14:25, 43-45; Judges 1:16; see also Judges 12:15) and were likely among those attacked by the Amalekites and other hostile peoples to the south. After this, the Amalekites are only mentioned again in Scripture to note that David killed an Amalekite who himself had killed Saul (to fulfill what Saul requested of him), to note that Amalekite plunder was among the treasures that David dedicated to the Temple of the Lord (2 Samuel 8:9-12), and to recount how in the days of Hezekiah some Simeonites went to Mount Seir and destroyed the remnant of Amalekites that had survived (1 Chronicles 4:42-43).
