1 Samuël 30:26

26 Als nu David te Ziklag kwam, zo zond hij tot de oudsten van Juda, zijn vrienden, van den buit, zeggende: Ziet, daar is een zegen voor ulieden, van den buit der vijanden des HEEREN.

1 Samuël 30:26 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 30:26

And when David came to Ziklag
Perhaps with an intention to rebuild it, and make it still the place of his residence; and it is possible there might be some houses that escaped flames, and if not, tents might be pitched until the city was rebuilt, and it appears that he continued there some time:

he sent of the spoil to the elders of Judah:
of that part of it which belonged to himself as a general:

[even] to his friends;
such as had been kind to him when he sojourned among them; so that this was a piece of gratitude, as well as of policy in him, to make his way to the throne the easier, he perceiving the time drawing on for the expiration of the kingdom in the family of Saul; and besides, some in those parts he sent of the spoil to might have been sufferers by the Amalekites, so that it was but a point of justice to restore to them what had been taken from them; for they had invaded the south of Judea, and took spoils from thence, ( 1 Samuel 30:14-16 ) ; it was to his friends in those parts he sent, not to the inhabitants of Ziph and Keilah, which were places in the tribe of Judah; but these having attempted to betray him, were not entitled to his favours, though they were not the objects of his vengeance:

saying, behold, a present for you, of the spoil of the Lord's enemies;
or a "blessing" ^F26, which he sent them with a good will, wishing health and happiness to them; which they might without hesitation receive, seeing it was not the spoil of private enemies, or of what was taken from them in a way of private revenge, but the spoil of the enemies of the Lord, his and their common enemies; nor need they scruple eating and enjoying it, though the spoil of those that cursed the Lord, Abarbinel observes, since this they had with the blessing of the Lord.

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 (hkrb) "benedictio", Pagninus, Montanus.

1 Samuël 30:26 In-Context

24 Wie zou toch ulieden in deze zaak horen? Want gelijk het deel dergenen is, die in den strijd mede afgetogen zijn, alzo zal ook het deel dergenen zijn, die bij het gereedschap gebleven zijn; zij zullen gelijkelijk delen.

25 En dit is van dien dag af en voortaan alzo geweest; want hij heeft het tot een inzetting en tot een recht gesteld in Israel, tot op dezen dag.

26 Als nu David te Ziklag kwam, zo zond hij tot de oudsten van Juda, zijn vrienden, van den buit, zeggende: Ziet, daar is een zegen voor ulieden, van den buit der vijanden des HEEREN.

27 Namelijk tot die te Beth-El, en tot die te Ramoth tegen het zuiden, en tot die te Jather,

28 En tot die te Aroer, en tot die te Sifmoth, en tot die te Esthemoa,