15. David then asked him, “Will you lead me to these raiders? ”He said, “Swear to me by God that you won’t kill me or turn me over to my master, and I will lead you to them.”
16. So he led him, and there were the Amalekites, spread out over the entire area, eating, drinking, and celebrating because of the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.
17. David slaughtered them from twilight until the evening of the next day. None of them escaped, except 400 young men who got on camels and fled.
18. David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken; he also rescued his two wives.
19. Nothing of theirs was missing from the youngest to the oldest, including the sons and daughters, of all the plunder the Amalekites had taken. David got everything back.
20. He took all the sheep and cattle, which were driven ahead of the other livestock, and the people shouted, “This is David’s plunder! ”
21. When David came to the 200 men who had been too exhausted to go with him and had been left at the Wadi Besor, they came out to meet him and to meet the troops with him. When David approached the men, he greeted them,