Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He took all the flocks and herds, and his men drove them ahead of the other livestock, saying, “This is David’s plunder.” New Living Translation He also recovered all the flocks and herds, and his men drove them ahead of the other livestock. “This plunder belongs to David!” they said. English Standard Version David also captured all the flocks and herds, and the people drove the livestock before him, and said, “This is David’s spoil.” Berean Standard Bible And he recovered all the flocks and herds, which his men drove ahead of the other livestock, calling out, “This is David’s plunder!” King James Bible And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil. New King James Version Then David took all the flocks and herds they had driven before those other livestock, and said, “This is David’s spoil.” New American Standard Bible So David had captured all the sheep and the cattle which the people drove ahead of the other livestock, and they said, “This is David’s plunder.” NASB 1995 So David had captured all the sheep and the cattle which the people drove ahead of the other livestock, and they said, “This is David’s spoil.” NASB 1977 So David had captured all the sheep and the cattle which the people drove ahead of the other livestock, and they said, “This is David’s spoil.” Legacy Standard Bible And David took all the sheep and the cattle which the people drove ahead of the other livestock, and they said, “This is David’s spoil.” Amplified Bible So David captured all the flocks and herds [which the enemy had], and [the people] drove those animals before him and said, “This is David’s spoil.” Christian Standard Bible He took all the flocks and herds, which were driven ahead of the other livestock, and the people shouted, “This is David’s plunder! ” Holman Christian Standard Bible He took all the sheep and cattle, which were driven ahead of the other livestock, and the people shouted, “This is David’s plunder!” American Standard Version And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And David took all the sheep and bulls in proportion to that property and they said: “This is what David rescued!” Brenton Septuagint Translation And he took all the flocks, and the herds, and led them away before the spoils: and it was said of these spoils, These are the spoils of David. Contemporary English Version including their livestock. David also took the sheep and cattle that the Amalekites had with them, but he kept these separate from the others. Everyone agreed that these would be David's reward. Douay-Rheims Bible And he took all the flocks and the herds, and made them go before him: and they said: This is the prey of David. English Revised Version And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil. GOD'S WORD® Translation He took all the sheep and the cattle. His men drove the animals ahead of him and said, "This is David's loot." Good News Translation He also recovered all the flocks and herds; his men drove all the livestock in front of them and said, "This belongs to David!" International Standard Version David took all the rest of the sheep and cattle, driving them ahead of their rescued livestock. People said about all this, "This is David's spoil." JPS Tanakh 1917 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other cattle, and said: 'This is David's spoil.' Literal Standard Version and David takes the whole of the flock and of the herd [that] they have led on before these livestock, and they say, “This [is] David’s spoil.” Majority Standard Bible And he recovered all the flocks and herds, which his men drove ahead of the other livestock, calling out, “This is David’s plunder!” New American Bible Moreover, David took all the sheep and oxen, and as they drove these before him, they shouted, “This is David’s plunder!” NET Bible David took all the flocks and herds and drove them in front of the rest of the animals. People were saying, "This is David's plunder!" New Revised Standard Version David also captured all the flocks and herds, which were driven ahead of the other cattle; people said, “This is David’s spoil.” New Heart English Bible He took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other livestock, and said, "This is David's spoil." Webster's Bible Translation And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil. World English Bible David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other livestock, and said, “This is David’s plunder.” Young's Literal Translation and David taketh the whole of the flock, and of the herd, they have led on before these cattle, and they say, 'This is David's spoil.' Additional Translations ... Context David Destroys the Amalekites…19Nothing was missing, young or old, son or daughter, or any of the plunder the Amalekites had taken. David brought everything back. 20And he recovered all the flocks and herds, which his men drove ahead of the other livestock, calling out, “This is David’s plunder!” 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." 1 Samuel 30:21 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, Treasury of Scripture And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil. This is David's spoil 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; Numbers 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… 2 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. Jump to Previous Ahead Captured Cattle David David's Drave Driving Drove Herd Herds Livestock Plunder Sheep Spoil WholeJump to Next Ahead Captured Cattle David David's Drave Driving Drove Herd Herds Livestock Plunder Sheep Spoil Whole1 Samuel 30 1. The Amalekites raid Ziklag4. David asking counsel, is encouraged by God to pursue them 11. By the means of a received Egyptian he is brought to the enemies, 18. and recovers all the spoil 22. David's law to divide the spoil equally 26. He sends presents to his friends (20) The flocks and the herds, which they drave.--In the English translation the word "which," inserted in italics, obscures the sense; the literal reading is, "And David took all the flocks and the herds; they drove them before their cattle, and said, this is David's spoil." David took, no doubt, by popular acclamation as his share of the plunder, all the flocks and herds belonging to the Amalekites, mostly acquired, no doubt, in the late raid; these were driven in front of "those cattle" thus particularising the cattle of Ziklag belonging to David's own people. Of course, this plunder went back to the original Israelitish owners. The drovers, as they marched behind the vast herds of Amalekite cattle, sung of the prowess of their leader in words long remembered, "See all this. This is David's spoil." It was "these herds"--numerically, probably very great--that David distributed among the friendly cities of the south. (See 1Samuel 30:26; 1Samuel 30:31.) All the other plunder of the camp--arms, accoutrements, ornaments, jewels, camels' cloths, &c.--was divided, as Bishop Hervey well suggests, among the little army. David's motive in choosing the sheep and oxen (for his warriors certainly the least desirable part of the Amalekite possession) is evident from 1Samuel 30:26-31. They were the most acceptable presents he could make to his friends in Judah.Verse 20. - This verse, which is made unintelligible in the A.V. by the insertion of the unauthorised word which, is really free from difficulty. After David, as related in vers. 18, 19, had recovered the cattle carried oft by the Amalekites, he also took all the flocks and herds belonging to them; and his own men "made these go in front of that body of cattle, and said, This is David's spoil," i.e. they presented it to him by acclamation. It was this large booty which he distributed among his friends (vers. 26-31). DAVID ENACTS A LAW FOR THE DIVISION OF THE SPOIL (vers. 21-25). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew And heדָּוִ֔ד (dā·wiḏ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse recovered וַיִּקַּ֣ח (way·yiq·qaḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3947: To take all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the flocks הַצֹּ֖אן (haṣ·ṣōn) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock and herds, וְהַבָּקָ֑ר (wə·hab·bā·qār) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1241: Beef cattle, ox, a herd which his men drove נָהֲג֗וּ (nā·hă·ḡū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 5090: To drive forth, lead, carry away, to proceed, to sigh ahead of לִפְנֵי֙ (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct Strong's 6440: The face the other livestock, הַמִּקְנֶ֣ה (ham·miq·neh) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4735: Something bought, property, livestock, acquisition calling out, וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (way·yō·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 559: To utter, say “This זֶ֖ה (zeh) Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that is David’s דָּוִֽד׃ (dā·wiḏ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse plunder!” שְׁלַ֥ל (šə·lal) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 7998: A prey, spoil, plunder, booty Links 1 Samuel 30:20 NIV1 Samuel 30:20 NLT 1 Samuel 30:20 ESV 1 Samuel 30:20 NASB 1 Samuel 30:20 KJV 1 Samuel 30:20 BibleApps.com 1 Samuel 30:20 Biblia Paralela 1 Samuel 30:20 Chinese Bible 1 Samuel 30:20 French Bible 1 Samuel 30:20 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Samuel 30:20 David took all the flocks and (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) |
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