1 Samuel 30:20
18 So David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.
19 Nothing was missing, young or old, son or daughter, or any of the plunder the Amalekites had taken. David brought everything back.
And he recovered all the flocks and herds, which his men drove ahead of the other livestock, calling out, “This is David’s plunder!”
21 When David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him from the Brook of Besor, they came out to meet him and the troops with him. As David approached the men, he greeted them,
22 but all the wicked and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered, except for each man’s wife and children. They may take them and go.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- And he recovered all the flocks and herds, which his men drove ahead of the other livestock, calling out, “This is David’s plunder!”
- KJV
- And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David’s spoil.
- WEB
- David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other livestock, and said, “This is David’s plunder.”
- ASV
- And David took all the flocks and the herds, [which] they drove before those [other] cattle, and said, This is David`s spoil.
- DARBY
- And David took all the flocks and the herds, [which] they drove before the other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.
- BLB
- And David took all of the flock and of the herd they had driven before the face of these livestock, and they said, “This is the plunder of David.”
- ÅB
- Alt feet tok David og, både det små og det store; og driftekarene gikk foran buskapen og ropte: Dette er Davids bytte.
- OTB
- Så tok David alle sauene og storfeet som folket drev foran den andre buskapen, og de sa, "Dette er Davids bytte."
- B1930
- Alt feet tok David og, både det små og det store; og driftekarene gikk foran buskapen og ropte: Dette er Davids bytte.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
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.”
Read in contextIsaiah 53:12
Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.
Read in context2 Chronicles 20:25
Then Jehoshaphat and his people went to carry off the plunder, and they found on the bodies an abundance of goods and valuables —more than they could carry away. They were gathering the plunder for three days because there was so much.
Read in contextRomans 8:37
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
Read in contextNumbers 31:9–12
The Israelites captured the Midianite women and their children, and they plundered all their herds, flocks, and goods.
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