1 Samuel 30:28

Contemporary English Version

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
to those in Aroer, in Siphmoth, and in Eshtemoa;

Hebrew Names Version
and to those who were in `Aro`er, and to those who were in Shefamot, and to those who were in Eshtemoa,

King James Version
And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa,

Lexham English Bible
for those in Aroer, for those in Siphmoth, for those in Eshtemoa,

English Standard Version
in Aroer, in Siphmoth, in Eshtemoa,

New Century Version
Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa,

New English Translation
for those in Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa,

Amplified Bible
Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa,

New American Standard Bible
to those who were in Aroer, to those who were in Siphmoth, to those who were in Eshtemoa,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And to them of Aroer, and to them of Siphmoth, and to them of Eshtemoa,

Legacy Standard Bible
and to those who were in Aroer, and to those who were in Siphmoth, and to those who were in Eshtemoa,

Complete Jewish Bible
to those in ‘Aro‘er, to those in Sifmot, to those in Esht'moa,

Darby Translation
and to those in Aroer, and to those in Siphmoth, and to those in Eshtemoa,

Easy-to-Read Version
Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa,

George Lamsa Translation
And to those who were in Adoer and those who were in Siphmoth and to those who were in Eshtemoa

Good News Translation
Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa,

Literal Translation
and to those in Aroer, and to those in Siphmoth, and to those in Eshtemoa,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
vnto them at Aroer, vnto them at Siphamoth, vnto them at Eschemoa,

American Standard Version
and to them that were in Aroer, and to them that were in Siphmoth, and to them that were in Eshtemoa,

Bible in Basic English
And to those in Arara and Eshtemoa

Bishop's Bible (1568)
To them of Aroer, to them of Sephamoth, to them of Esthema,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
and to them that were in Aroer, and to them that were in Siphmoth, and to them that were in Eshtemoa;

King James Version (1611)
And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And to those in Aroer, and to those in Ammadi, and to those in Saphi, and to those in Esthie,

English Revised Version
and to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa;

Berean Standard Bible
to those in Aroer, Siphmoth, and Eshtemoa;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and that weren in Jether, and that weren in Aroer, and that weren in Sephamoth, and that weren in Escama, and that weren in Rethala,

Young's Literal Translation
and to those in Aroer, and to those in Siphmoth, and to those in Eshtemoa,

Update Bible Version
and to those that were in Arad, and to those that were in Siphmoth, and to those that were in Eshtemoa,

Webster's Bible Translation
And to [them] who [were] in Aroer, and to [them] who [were] in Siphmoth, and to [them] who [were] in Eshtemoa,

World English Bible
and to those who were in Aroer, and to those who were in Siphmoth, and to those who were in Eshtemoa,

New King James Version
those who were in Aroer, those who were in Siphmoth, those who were in Eshtemoa,

New Living Translation
Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa,

New Life Bible
Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa,

New Revised Standard
in Aroer, in Siphmoth, in Eshtemoa,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and to them who were in Aroer, and to them who were in Siphmoth, and to them who were in Eshtemoa,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And to them that were in Aroer, and that were in Sephamoth, and that were in Esthamo,

Revised Standard Version
in Aro'er, in Siphmoth, in Eshtemo'a,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and to those who were in Aroer, and to those who were in Siphmoth, and to those who were in Eshtemoa,

Contextual Overview

²¹ On the way back, David went to the two hundred men he had left at Besor Gorge, because they had been too tired to keep up with him. They came toward David and the people who were with him. When David was close enough, he greeted the two hundred men and asked how they were doing. ²² Some of David's men were good-for-nothings, and they said, "Those men didn't go with us to the battle, so they don't get any of the things we took back from the Amalekites. Let them take their wives and children and go!" ²³ But David said: My friends, don't be so greedy with what the Lord has given us! The Lord protected us and gave us victory over the people who attacked. ²⁴ Who would pay attention to you, anyway? Soldiers who stay behind to guard the camp get as much as those who go into battle. ²⁵ David made this a law for Israel, and it has been the same ever since. ²⁶ David went back to Ziklag with everything they had taken from the Amalekites. He sent some of these things as gifts to his friends who were leaders of Judah, and he told them, "We took these things from the Lord 's enemies. Please accept them as a gift." ²⁷This is a list of the towns where David sent gifts: Bethel, Ramoth in the Southern Desert, Jattir, Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa, Racal, the towns belonging to the Jerahmeelites and the Kenites, Hormah, Bor-Ashan, Athach, and Hebron. He also sent gifts to the other towns where he and his men had traveled.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Aroer: Joshua 13:16

Siphmoth: Supposed to be the same with Shepham - Numbers 34:10, on the eastern borders of Canaan.

Eshtemoa: Joshua 15:50, Eshtemoh, Joshua 21:14

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 24:5 - Aroer 1 Chronicles 4:17 - Eshtemoa

Cross-References

Genesis 29:15
Laban said to him, "You shouldn't have to work without pay, just because you are a relative of mine. What do you want me to give you?"

Genesis 29:19
Laban replied, "It's better for me to let you marry Rachel than for someone else to have her. So stay and work for me."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And to [them] which [were] in Aroer,.... Not Aroer in the tribe of Gad beyond Jordan, where David is never said to be, but some city of this name in the tribe of Judah; the Greek version of

Joshua 15:22, instead of Adadah, has Arouel:

and to [them] which [were] in Siphmoth; which very probably was in the tribe of Judah, though nowhere else mentioned:

and to [them] which [were] in Eshtemoa; a Levitical city given to the Levites by the children of Judah, Joshua 21:14.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Aroer - Not Aroer on the Arnon, but (if rightly written) some town in Judah, not elsewhere named.

Siphmoth, Rachal 1 Samuel 30:29, and Athach 1 Samuel 30:30, are unknown and not elsewhere mentioned; but Zabdi the Shiphmite 1 Chronicles 27:27, who was over David’s wine-cellars, was evidently a native of the first-named place. It is a remarkable proof of the grateful nature of David, and of his fidelity to his early friendships, as well as a curious instance of undesigned coincidence, that we find among those employed by David in offices of trust in the height of his power so many inhabitants of those obscure places where he found friends in the days of his early difficulties. Ezri the son of Chelub, Shimei the Ramathite, and Zabdi the Shiphmite, as well as Ira and Gareb, and Ittai, and Hezrai, and many others, were probably among these friends of his youth.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 30:28. In Aroer — Situated beyond Jordan, on the banks of the river Arnon, in the tribe of God.

Siphmoth — Supposed to be the same with Shepham, Numbers 34:10, on the eastern border of the promised land.

Eshtemoa — Another city in the tribe of Judah. See Joshua 15:50.