1 Samuel 30:23

And David said, Ye shall not do so, after the Lord has delivered the enemy to us, and guarded us, and the Lord has delivered into our hands the troop that came against us.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.

In Context

22Then every ill-disposed and bad man of the soldiers who had gone with David, answered and said, Because they did not pursue together with us, we will not give them of the spoils which we have recovered, only let each one lead away with him his wife and his children, and let them return.

24And who will hearken to these your words? for they are not + 30:24 Gr. an inferior thing.inferior to us; for according to the portion of him that went down to the battle, so shall be the portion of him that abides with the baggage; they shall share alike.

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Cross References

Numbers 31:49Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war with us, and not one is missing.

Deuteronomy 8:17Lest thou shouldest say in thine heart, My strength, and the power of mine hand have wrought for me this great wealth.

Judges 19:23And the master of the house came out to them, and said, Nay, brethren, do not ye wrong, I pray you, after this man has come into my house; do not ye this folly.

1 Samuel 30:8And David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this + 30:8 The Greek is borrowed from the Hebrew.troop? shall I overtake them? and he said to him, Pursue, for thou shalt surely overtake them, and thou shalt surely rescue the captives.

Psalms 44:2My heart + 44:2 Lit. eructavit.has uttered a good matter: I declare my works to the king: my tongue is the pen of a quick writer.

Habakkuk 1:16Therefore will he sacrifice to his drag, and burn incense to his casting-net, because by them he has made his portion fat, and his meats choice.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 30:22-31

David's Division of the Spoil. ( b. c. 1055.) 21 And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them. 22 Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have… Read the whole commentary →

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