(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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1 Samuel 30:1–6, “And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire; And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way. So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives. Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep. And David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. 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 encouraged himself in the LORD his God.”
David went south toward Ziklag on the edge of the Sinai desert with his men. It took them three days to get home. When they arrived at their home town they discovered that the town had been plundered and burnt. Nothing was left. Everyone was completely devastated and started to grieve. David had lost his two wives and all his possessions as well so he was not spared in this disaster. Everyone wept till they were too tired to weep any more. Some of David’s men began to complain. They suggested that if David hadn’t been so willing to go with the Philistines then this disaster would not have happened. Suddenly David found that he was the centre of blame and some of the men were even talking about executing him for his crimes. David took time to pray and mediated on the Lord and all the good things that the Lord had done for him throughout his life and he found the emotional and spiritual strength to overcome in the situation.
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