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1 Samuel 30

1 Sam. 30:26 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And when David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
came
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
to Ziklag
Tsiqlag (Hebrew #6860)
of uncertain derivation: Tsiklag or Tsikelag, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Ziklag.
Pronounce: tsik-lag'
Origin: or Tsiyqlag (1 Chronicles 12:1,20) {tsee-kel-ag'}
, he sent
shalach (Hebrew #7971)
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Pronounce: shaw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
of the spoil
shalal (Hebrew #7998)
booty
KJV usage: prey, spoil.
Pronounce: shaw-lawl'
Origin: from 7997
unto the elders
zaqen (Hebrew #2205)
old
KJV usage: aged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.
Pronounce: zaw-kane'
Origin: from 2204
of Judah
Yhuwdah (Hebrew #3063)
celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
KJV usage: Judah.
Pronounce: yeh-hoo-daw'
Origin: from 3034
, even to his friends
rea` (Hebrew #7453)
from 7462; an associate (more or less close)
KJV usage: brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, X (an-)other.
Pronounce: ray'-ah
Origin: or reya2 {ray'-ah}
, saying
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Behold a γpresent
Brakah (Hebrew #1293)
benediction; by implication prosperity
KJV usage: blessing, liberal, pool, present.
Pronounce: ber-aw-kaw'
Origin: from 1288
for you of the spoil
shalal (Hebrew #7998)
booty
KJV usage: prey, spoil.
Pronounce: shaw-lawl'
Origin: from 7997
of the enemies
'oyeb (Hebrew #341)
active participle of 340; hating; an adversary
KJV usage: enemy, foe.
Pronounce: o-yabe'
Origin: or (fully) owyeb {o-yabe'}
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
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γ
blessing, 1 Sam. 25. 27; Gen. 33. 11.

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David,
Elders,
Judah,
Present,
Spoil,
Ziklag

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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to his friends.
1 Chron. 12:1‑15• 1Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he kept still close because of Saul the son of Kish; and they were among the mighty men who helped him in the conflict;
 2armed with bows, using both the right hand and the left with stones and with arrows on the bow; they were of Saul's brethren of Benjamin:
 3the chief Ahiezer, and Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Anathothite,
 4and Jishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite.
 5Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite;
 6Elkanah, and Jishijah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korahites;
 7and Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
 8And of the Gadites, there separated themselves to David in the stronghold in the wilderness mighty men of valour, men fit for the service of war, armed with shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and who were swift as the gazelles 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, Machbannai the eleventh.
 14These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over a hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
 15These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it overflows all its banks, and they put to flight all them of the valleys, toward the east and toward the west. (1 Chron. 12:1‑15)
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Psa. 35:27• 27Let them exult and rejoice that delight in my righteousness; and let them say continually, Jehovah be magnified, who delighteth 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 in Man, and even for the rebellious, for the dwelling there of Jah Elohim. (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 neighbour 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 contentions are as the bars of a palace.
 20A man's belly is satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; with the increase of his lips is he satisfied.
 21Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
 22Whoso hath found a wife hath found a good thing, and hath obtained favour from Jehovah.
 23He that is poor speaketh with supplications, but the rich answereth roughly.
 24A man of many friends will come to ruin but there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. (Prov. 18:16‑24)
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Isa. 32:8• 8But the noble deviseth noble things; and to noble things doth he stand. (Isa. 32:8)
present.
Heb. blessing.
1 Sam. 25:27• 27And now this blessing which thy bondmaid has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men that follow my lord. (1 Sam. 25:27)
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Gen. 33:11• 11Take, I pray thee, my blessing which has been brought to thee; because God has been gracious to me, and because I have everything. 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, 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. (2 Kings 5:15)
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2 Cor. 9:5• 5I thought it necessary therefore to beg the brethren that they would come to you, and complete beforehand your fore-announced blessing, that this may be ready thus as blessing, and not as got out of you. (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:

JND Translation Notes

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