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1 Samuel 30:17-26

17 David fought them from dusk until the evening of the next day, and none of them got away, except four hundred young men who rode off on camels and fled.

18 David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.

19 Nothing was missing: young or old, boy or girl, plunder or anything else they had taken. David brought everything back.

20 He took all the flocks and herds, and his men drove them ahead of the other livestock, saying, “This is David’s plunder.”

21 Then David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him and who were left behind at the Besor Ravine. They came out to meet David and the people with him. As David and his men approached, he greeted them.

22 But all the evil men and troublemakers among David’s followers said, “Because they did not go out with us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered. However, each man may take his wife and children and go.”

23 David replied, “No, my brothers, you must not do that with what the Lord has given us. He has protected us and handed over to us the forces that came against us.

24 Who will listen to what you say? The share of the man who stayed with the supplies is to be the same as that of him who went down to the battle. All will share alike.”

25 David made this a statute and ordinance for Israel from that day to this.

26 When David arrived in Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to the elders of Judah, who were his friends, saying, “Here is a present for you from the plunder of the Lord’s enemies.”

Cross References for 1 Samuel 30:17-26

Judges 6:5 - They came up with their livestock and their tents like swarms of locusts. It was impossible to ... Click to read the verse Judges 6:5 Click to read the verse Judges 6:5

Numbers 24:20 - Balaam’s Final Oracles Then Balaam saw Amalek and uttered his oracle: “Amalek was first among t... Click to read the verse Numbers 24:20 Click to read the verse Numbers 24:20

Genesis 24:61 - Then Rebekah and her maids got ready and mounted their camels and went back with the man. So th... Click to read the verse Genesis 24:61 Click to read the verse Genesis 24:61

Genesis 31:17 - Then Jacob put his children and his wives on camels, Click to read the verse Genesis 31:17 Click to read the verse Genesis 31:17

1 Samuel 11:11 - The next day Saul separated his men into three divisions; during the last watch of the night th... Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 11:11 Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 11:11

Exodus 17:14 - Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as something to be remembered and make sur... Click to read the verse Exodus 17:14 Click to read the verse Exodus 17:14

1 Chronicles 4:43 - They killed the remaining Amalekites who had escaped, and they have lived there to this day. Click to read the verse 1 Chronicles 4:43 Click to read the verse 1 Chronicles 4:43

1 Samuel 15:3 - Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy everything that belongs to them. Do not spare... Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 15:3 Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 15:3

Judges 4:16 - But Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth Haggoyim. All the troops of Sisera ... Click to read the verse Judges 4:16 Click to read the verse Judges 4:16

1 Kings 20:29-30 - For seven days they camped opposite each other, and on the seventh day the battle was joined. T... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 20:29-30 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 20:29-30

Psalms 18:42 - I beat them as fine as dust borne on the wind; I poured them out like mud in the streets. Click to read the verse Psalms 18:42 Click to read the verse Psalms 18:42

2 Samuel 1:8 - “He asked me, ‘Who are you?’ “‘An Amalekite,’ I answered. Click to read the verse 2 Samuel 1:8 Click to read the verse 2 Samuel 1:8

Psalms 18:38 - I crushed them so that they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet. Click to read the verse Psalms 18:38 Click to read the verse Psalms 18:38

2 Kings 7:5 - At dusk they got up and went to the camp of the Arameans. When they reached the edge of the cam... Click to read the verse 2 Kings 7:5 Click to read the verse 2 Kings 7:5

Jeremiah 41:15 - But Ishmael son of Nethaniah and eight of his men escaped from Johanan and fled to the Ammonites. Click to read the verse Jeremiah 41:15 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 41:15