1 Samuel 30:26

1 Samuel 30:26

24 For who will heed you in this matter? But ^aas his part is who goes down to the battle, so shall his part be who stays by the supplies; they shall share alike.”

25 So it was, from that day forward; he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.

26 Now when David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the spoil to the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying, “Here is a present for you from the spoil of the enemies of the Lord”—

27 to those who were in Bethel, those who were in ^aRamoth of the South, those who were in ^bJattir,

28 those who were in ^aAroer, those who were in ^bSiphmoth, those who were in ^cEshtemoa,

29 those who were in Rachal, those who were in the cities of ^athe Jerahmeelites, those who were in the cities of the ^bKenites,

30 those who were in ^aHormah, those who were in Chorashan, those who were in Athach,

31 those who were in ^aHebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were accustomed to ^brove.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil to the elders of Judah—This was intended as an acknowledgment to the leading men in those towns and villages of Judah which had ministered to his necessities in the course of his various wanderings. It was the dictate of an amiable and grateful heart; and the effect of this well-timed liberality was to bring a large accession of numbers to his camp (I Chronicles 12:22). The enumeration of these places shows what a numerous and influential party of adherents to his cause he could count within his own tribe [I Samuel 30:27-31].

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