David recovers all the spoils
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1Sa 30:18: And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.
1Sa 30:19: 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.
1Sa 30:20: And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.
1Sa 30:21: 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.
1Sa 30:22: 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.
1Sa 30:23: 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.
1Sa 30:24: For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.
1Sa 30:25: And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.
1Sa 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;
1Sa 30:27: To them which were in Bethel, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,
1Sa 30:28: And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa,
1Sa 30:29: And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites,
1Sa 30:30: And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chor-ashan, and to them which were in Athach,
1Sa 30:31: And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.