1 Samuel 30:23

Then said David, All of you shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD has given us, who has preserved us, and delivered the company 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 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 recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.

24For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goes down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarries by the stuff: they shall part alike.

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Cross References

Numbers 31:49And they said unto Moses, Your servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacks not one man of us.

Deuteronomy 8:17And you say in yours heart, My power and the might of mine hand has got me this wealth.

Judges 19:23And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man has come into mine house, do not this folly.

1 Samuel 30:8And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for you shall surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.

Psalms 44:2How you did drive out the heathen with your hand, and planted them; how you did afflict the people, and cast them out.

Habakkuk 1:16Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their food abundant.

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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