| Verse | Translation | Text |
| 1Sa 30:3 | Strong Concordance | So David [01732] and his men [0582] came [0935] to the city [05892], and, behold, it was burned [08313] with fire [0784]; and their wives [0802], and their sons [01121], and their daughters [01323], were taken captives [07617]. |
| King James | So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives. |
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire--The language implies that the smoke of the conflagration was still visible, and the sacking very recent. |