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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• ¹These 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; {i}and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Anathothite,{/i}
⁴{i}and Jishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite.{/i}
⁵{i}Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite;{/i}
⁶{i}Elkanah, and Jishijah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korahites;{/i}
⁷{i}and Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.{/i}
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:
⁹{i}Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,{/i}
¹⁰{i}Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,{/i}
¹¹{i}Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,{/i}
¹²{i}Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,{/i}
¹³{i}Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh.{/i}
¹⁴{i}These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over a hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.{/i}
¹⁵These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all its 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• ²⁷They shall shout for joy and rejoice who delight in my righteousness,{HR}And they shall say continually, Let Jehovah be magnified,{HR}who delighteth in the peace of his servant. (Psa. 35:27)

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Psa. 68:18• ¹⁸Thou hast ascended on high,{HR}Thou hast led captivity captive,{HR}Thou hast received gifts in man,{HR}And rebels also, that Jah Elohim should dwell [there]. (Psa. 68:18)

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Prov. 18:16‑24• ¹⁶A man's gift maketh room for him,{HR}And bringeth him before great men.
¹⁷He that pleadeth first in his own cause [seemeth] just;{HR}But his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
¹⁸The lot causeth contentions to cease,{HR}And parteth between the mighty.
¹⁹A brother offended is [harder to be won] than a strong city;{HR}And contentions [are] as the bars of a castle.
²⁰A man's belly is satisfied with the fruit of his mouth;{HR}With the increase of his lips is he satisfied.
²¹Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue;{HR}And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
²²[Whoso] findeth a wife findeth a good thing,{HR}And obtaineth favour from Jehovah.
²³The poor speaketh supplications,{HR}But the rich answereth roughly.
²⁴A man of friends cometh to ruin;{HR}But there is a lover sticking closer than a brother. (Prov. 18:16‑24)

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Isa. 32:8• ⁸But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and in liberal things doth 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 thee, because graciously hath God dealt with me, and because I have all. And he urged him, and he took [it]. (Gen. 33:11)

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

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2 Cor. 9:5• ⁵I thought it necessary therefore to exhort the brethren that they would go before unto you and complete beforehand your blessing promised before, that it be ready thus as blessing, not as 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)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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.

W. Kelly Translation

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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 present for you of the spoil of the enemies of Jehovah:

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)