1 Samuel 30:23

Then David said, “Do not do so, my brothers, with that which the LORD has given to us, who has preserved us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand.

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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 all the wicked men and worthless fellows of those who went with David answered and said, “Because they didn’t go with us, we will not give them anything of the plunder that we have recovered, except to every man his wife and his children, that he may lead them away and depart.”

24Who will listen to you in this matter? For as his share is who goes down to the battle, so shall his share be who stays with the baggage. They shall share alike.”

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Cross References

Numbers 31:49They said to Moses, “Your servants have taken the sum of the men of war who are under our command, and there lacks not one man of us.

Deuteronomy 8:17and lest you say in your heart, “My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.”

Judges 19:23The man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said to them, “No, my brothers, please don’t act so wickedly; since this man has come into my house, don’t do this folly.

1 Samuel 30:8David inquired of the LORD, saying, “If I pursue after this troop, will I overtake them?” He answered him, “Pursue, for you will surely overtake them, and will without fail recover all.”

Psalms 44:2You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad.

Habakkuk 1:16Therefore he sacrifices to his net and burns incense to his dragnet, because by them his life is luxurious and his food is good.

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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