²⁷ And now let this ^(A)present that your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow my lord.

²⁶ When David came to Ziklag, he sent part of the spoil to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a present for you from the spoil of the enemies of the Lord.”

¹¹ Please accept my ^(A)blessing that is brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” Thus he ^(B)urged him, and he took it.

Gehazi's Greed and Punishment

¹⁵ Then he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and he came and stood before him. And he said, “Behold, I know that ^(A)there is no God in all the earth but in Israel; so ^(B)accept now a present from your servant.”

⁵ So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance for the ^(A)gift^[a] you have promised, so that it may be ready ^(B)as a willing gift, ^(C)not as an exaction.^[b]

² And the king said to Ziba, “Why have you brought these?” Ziba answered, ^(A)“The donkeys are for the king's household to ride on, the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for those who ^(B)faint in the wilderness to drink.”

⁴² And Abigail hurried and rose and mounted a donkey, and her five young women attended her. She followed the messengers of David and became his wife.

¹⁰ And Barak called out ^(A)Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh. And 10,000 men went up at his heels, and Deborah went up with him.