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1 Sam. 30:26 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a γpresent for you of the spoil of the enemies of the Lord;

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blessing, 1 Sam. 25. 27; Gen. 33. 11.

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to his friends.

1 Chron. 12:1‑15• ¹Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war.
²They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.
³The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite,
⁴And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite,
⁵Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite,
⁶Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites,
⁷And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
⁸And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;
⁹Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
¹⁰Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
¹¹Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
¹²Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
¹³Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh.
¹⁴These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
¹⁵These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west. (1 Chron. 12:1‑15)

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Psa. 35:27• ²⁷Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favor my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. (Psa. 35:27)

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Psa. 68:18• ¹⁸Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them. (Psa. 68:18)

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Prov. 18:16‑24• ¹⁶A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
¹⁷He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbor cometh and searcheth him.
¹⁸The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
¹⁹A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
²⁰A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
²¹Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
²²Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor of the Lord.
²³The poor useth entreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
²⁴A man that hath friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. (Prov. 18:16‑24)

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Isa. 32:8• ⁸But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand. (Isa. 32:8)

present.

Heb. blessing.

1 Sam. 25:27• ²⁷And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord. (1 Sam. 25:27)

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Gen. 33:11• ¹¹Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it. (Gen. 33:11)

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2 Kings 5:15• ¹⁵And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant. (2 Kings 5:15)

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2 Cor. 9:5• ⁵Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness. (2 Cor. 9:5)

• Instead of seeking to enrich himself through his share of the spoil, he uses it to maintain kindly relations with the elders of his people, and to prove to them that Jehovah is still with him. (“1 Samuel 29-30” by J.N. Darby)

• In his prosperity (1 Sam. 30:26-31) David forgets none of those who had helped in the time of his adversity. He overwhelms them, and I see scarcely any but the Ziphites who were excluded and had no part in his generosity. (“1 Samuel 30” by H.L. Rossier)

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And David came to Ziklag, and he sent of the spoil to the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying, Behold a presenta for you of the spoil of the enemies of Jehovah:

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Lit. "a blessing." see ch. 25.27.