1 Samuel 30:26
When David arrived in Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a gift for you from the plunder of the LORD’s enemies.”
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In The King James Version
In Context
27He sent gifts to those in Bethel, Ramoth Negev, and Jattir;
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:27Now let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow you.
2 Kings 5:15Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God, stood before him, and declared, “Now I know for sure that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel. So please accept a gift from your servant.”
Psalms 35:27May those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD who delights in His servant’s well-being.”
Proverbs 18:16A man’s gift opens doors for him, and brings him before great men.
2 Corinthians 9:5So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you beforehand and make arrangements for the generous gift that was announced. This way, your gift will be prepared generously and not begrudgingly.
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 →