“and had taken captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great. They didn’t kill any, but carried them off and went their way.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Samuel 30 contains 31 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.