1 Samuel 30:26

And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying: 'Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD';

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD;

In Context

25And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.

27to them that were in Beth-el, and to them that were in Ramoth of the South, and to them that were in Jattir;

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Cross References

1 Samuel 25:27And now this present which thy servant hath brought unto my lord, let it be given unto the young men that follow my lord.

2 Kings 5:15And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him; and he said: 'Behold now, I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel; now therefore, I pray thee, take a present of thy servant.'

Psalms 35:27Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that delight in my righteousness; yea, let them say continually: 'Magnified be the LORD, who delighteth in the peace of His servant.'

Proverbs 18:16A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.

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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