1 Samuel 30:21-23
International Standard Version
David Divides the Spoil
21 David came to the 200 men who were too exhausted to follow him[a] and who had been left at the Wadi[b] Besor. They came out to meet David and the people who were with him. As David approached the people, he asked them how they were doing.[c] 22 At this point, all the wicked and worthless men of the group who had gone with David answered, “Because they didn’t go with us, we won’t give them any of the spoil that we recovered, except that each person may take his wife and his children and go.”
23 David said, “No, you won’t do this, my brothers, with what the Lord has given us. He guarded us and gave the raiding party[d] that came against us into our hand.
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- 1 Samuel 30:21 Lit. David
- 1 Samuel 30:21 I.e. a seasonal stream or river that channels water during rain seasons but is dry at other times
- 1 Samuel 30:21 Or he greeted them
- 1 Samuel 30:23 Or band
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