1 Samuel 30:20
18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.
19 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all.
And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David’s spoil.
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 recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.
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.
Compare
- 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
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;
Read in contextIsaiah 53:12
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Read in context2 Chronicles 20:25
And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.
Read in contextRomans 8:37
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Read in contextNumbers 31:9–12
And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.
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