1 Samuel 30:18

And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away,.... The wives and children of the Israelites, and their goods, excepting the provisions they had eaten:

and David rescued his two wives;…

Solomon observes that the righteous is delivered out of trouble and the wicked cometh in his stead, that the just falleth seven times a-day and riseth again; so it was with David. Many were his…

recovered … rescued Different renderings of the same Heb. word, used also in 1Sa 30:30. Rescue is the best equivalent. "Recovered" in 1Sa 30:30 is a different word; literally meaning "brought back."