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What Was David's Spoil?
Commentators clarify that "David's spoil" was not the property stolen from his people at Ziklag, which was returned. Instead, it was the Amalekites' own flocks and herds, which David's men acclaimed as his special portion. This was a reward for his leadership, separate from the restitution made to the victims.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Samuel 30:20
18th Century
Theologian
The meaning is that David took all the sheep and oxen that the Amalekites drove—that is, the livestock they possessed before the cattle they acquir…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Samuel 30:20
19th Century
Bishop
The flocks and the herds, which they drove. —In the English translation the word “which,” inserted in italics, obscures the sense;…
Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Samuel 30:18–20
19th Century
Preacher
What was over and above what had been taken from Ziklag was very properly appropriated by David. I thought, as I read that David recovered all<…
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John Gill
On 1 Samuel 30:20
17th Century
Pastor
And David took all the flocks, and the herds
Which they had taken from the land of the Philistines, or which belonge…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Samuel 30:16–20
17th Century
Minister
Sinners are nearest to ruin when they cry, Peace and safety, and put the evil day far from them. Nor does anything give our spiritual enem…