15 “Will you lead me to these troops?” David asked him.He answered, “Take an oath in front of God that you won’t kill me or hand me over to my master, and I’ll lead you to these troops.”
16 The Egyptian led him ⌊to them⌋. They were spread out all over the land, eating, and drinking. They were celebrating because they had taken so much loot from Philistine territory and from the land of Judah.
17 From dawn until evening the next day, David attacked them. No one escaped except 400 young men who rode away on camels.
18 David rescued everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.
19 Nothing was missing—young or old, sons or daughters, the loot or anything else they had taken with them. David brought back everything.
20 He took all the sheep and the cattle. His men drove the animals ahead of him and said, “This is David’s loot.”
21 David came to the 200 men who had been too exhausted to go with him and had stayed in the Besor Valley. They came to meet David and the people with him. As David approached the men, he greeted them.