What Does 1 Samuel 30:1 Mean?

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“were come”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

“And it came to pass when David”

david, the youngest son of jesse

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

“Ziklag”

tsiklag or tsikelag, a place in palestine

“day”

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso

“on the third”

third; feminine a third (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)

“that the Amalekites”

an amalekite (or collectively the amalekites) or descendants of amalek

“had invaded”

to spread out (i.e., deploy in hostile array); by analogy, to strip (i.e., unclothe, plunder, flay, etc.)

near, with or among; often in general, to

“the south”

the south (from its drought); specifically, the negeb or southern district of judah, occasionally, egypt (as south to palestine)

near, with or among; often in general, to

“Ziklag”

tsiklag or tsikelag, a place in palestine

“and smitten”

to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“Ziklag”

tsiklag or tsikelag, a place in palestine

“and burned”

to be (causatively, set) on fire

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“it with fire”

fire (literally or figuratively)