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1 Samuel 30:4

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 1 Samuel 30:4 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
1 Samuel 30:4 — American Standard Version

Context — 1 Samuel 30

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
1And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid upon the South, and upon Ziklag, and had smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire,
2and had taken captive the women [and all] that were therein, both small and great: they slew not any, but carried them off, and went their way.
3And when David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captive.
4Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
5And David`s two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
6And 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 strengthened himself in Jehovah his God.
7And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Then David and the people that [were] with him lifted up their voice, etc.] In doleful shrieks, and loud lamentations: and wept, until they had no more power to weep; till nature was quite exhausted, and no moisture left; so the Vulgate Latin version, “till tears failed in them”; they could shed no more.”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“Wept - It is no disparagement to the boldest, bravest spirits, to lament the calamities of friends or relations. 1 Kings (1 Samuel) 30:6”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“lifted up: Sa1 4:13, Sa1 11:4; Gen 37:33-35; Num 14:1, Num 14:39; Jdg 2:4, Jdg 21:2; Ezr 10:1 1 Kings (1 Samuel) 30:5”
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