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David took all the flocks and the herds, [which] they drove before those [other] cattle, and said, This is David`s spoil.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
The flocks and the herds, which they drove. —In the English translation the word “which,” inserted in italics, obscures the sense;…
Baptist
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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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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