1 Now it came to pass, when David and his men returned to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid on the Negev and on Ziklag, and had attacked Ziklag and burned it with fire;
2 taking the women in it captive, young and old, without killing anyone, but carried them off as they went their way.
3 So when David and his men came to the town, behold, it was burned with fire—and their wives, their sons and their daughters had been taken captives.
4 Then David and the troops with him lifted up their voice and wept until they there was no more strength in them to weep.