1 Three days later, David and his soldiers reached Ziklag. The Amalekites had raided the arid southern plain and Ziklag. They had attacked Ziklag and burned it down,
2 taking the women and everyone in the city prisoner, whether young or old. They hadn’t killed anyone but carried them off and went on their way.
3 When David and his soldiers got to the town and found it burned down, and their wives, their sons, and their daughters taken prisoner,
4 David and the troops with him broke into tears and cried until they could cry no more.
5 David’s two wives had been captured as well: Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail, Nabal’s widow from Carmel.