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1 Samuel 30:5-9

1 Samuel 30:5

Now David’s two wives had been taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite.

1 Samuel 30:6

Also, David was in great distress because the people spoke of stoning him, for all the people were embittered, each one because of his sons and his daughters. But David felt strengthened in the Lord his God.

1 Samuel 30:7

Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Please bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought the ephod to David.

1 Samuel 30:8

And David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I pursue this band of raiders? Will I overtake them?” And He said to him, “Pursue, for you will certainly overtake them, and you will certainly rescue everyone.”

1 Samuel 30:9

So David left, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and they came to the brook Besor, where some who were left behind stayed.