ad brought him, behold they were lying spread abroad
upon all the ground, eating and drinking, and as it were keeping a
festival day, for all the prey and the spoils which they had taken out
of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Juda.

30:17. And David slew them from the evening unto the evening of the next
day, and there escaped not a man of them, but four hundred young men,
who had gotten upon camels, and fled.

30:18. So David recovered all that the Amalecites had taken, and he
rescued his two wives.

30:19. And there was nothing missing small or great, neither of their
sons or their daughters, nor of the spoils, and whatsoever they had
taken, David recovered all.

30:20. And he took all the flocks and the herds, and made them go before
him: and they said: This is the prey of David.

30:21. And David came to the two hundred men, who, being weary, had
stayed, and were not able to follow David, and he had ordered them to
abide at the torrent Besor: and they came out to meet David, and the
people that were with him. And David coming to the people, saluted them
peaceably.

30:22. Then all the wicked and unjust men, that had gone with David,
answering, said: Because they came not with us, we will not give them
any thing of the prey which we have recovered: but let every man take
his wife, and his children, and be contented with them, and go his way.

30:23. But David said: You shall not do so, my brethren, with these
things, which the Lord hath given us, who hath kept us, and hath
delivered the robbers that invaded us into our hands:

30:24. And no man shall hearken to you in this matter. But equal shall
be the portion of him that went down to battle, and of him that abode at
the baggage, and they shall divide alike.

30:25. And this hath been done from that day forward, and since was made
a statute and an ordinance, and as a law in Israel.

30:26. Then David came to Siceleg, and sent presents of the prey to the
ancients of Juda, his neighbours, saying: Receive a blessing of the prey
of the enemies of the Lord.

30:27. To them that were in Bethel, and that were in Ramoth to the
south, and to them that were in Jether.

30:28. And to them that were in Aroer, and that were in Sephamoth, and
that were in Esthamo,

30:29. And that were in Rachal, and that were in the cities of Jerameel,
and that were in the cities of Ceni,

30:30. And that were in Arama, and that were in the lake Asan, and tha