1 Samuel 30:26
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26 Now when David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the [a]spoil to the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying, “Here is a present for you from the spoil of the enemies of the Lord”—
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- 1 Samuel 30:26 booty
1 Samuel 25:27
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27 And now (A)this present which your maidservant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.
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2 Corinthians 9:5
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5 Therefore I thought it necessary to [a]exhort the brethren to go to you ahead of time, and prepare your generous gift beforehand, which you had previously promised, that it may be ready as a matter of generosity and not as a [b]grudging obligation.
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- 2 Corinthians 9:5 encourage
- 2 Corinthians 9:5 Lit. covetousness
Isaiah 32:8
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8 But a [a]generous man devises generous things,
And by generosity he shall stand.
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- Isaiah 32:8 noble
Proverbs 18:16-24
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16 (A)A man’s gift makes room for him,
And brings him before great men.
17 The first one to plead his cause seems right,
Until his neighbor comes and examines him.
18 Casting (B)lots causes contentions to cease,
And keeps the mighty apart.
19 A brother offended is harder to win than a strong city,
And contentions are like the bars of a castle.
20 (C)A man’s stomach shall be satisfied from the fruit of his mouth;
From the produce of his lips he shall be filled.
21 (D)Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
And those who love it will eat its fruit.
22 (E)He who finds a wife finds a good thing,
And obtains favor from the Lord.
23 The poor man uses entreaties,
But the rich answers (F)roughly.
24 A man who has friends [a]must himself be friendly,
(G)But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
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- Proverbs 18:24 So with Gr. mss., Syr., Tg., Vg.; MT may come to ruin
Psalm 35:27
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27 (A)Let them shout for joy and be glad,
Who favor my righteous cause;
And let them say continually,
“Let the Lord be magnified,
Who has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.”
1 Chronicles 12:1-15
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The Growth of David’s Army(A)
12 Now (B)these were the men who came to David at (C)Ziklag while he was still a fugitive from Saul the son of Kish; and they were among the mighty men, helpers in the war, 2 armed with bows, using both the right hand and (D)the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows with the bow. They were of Benjamin, Saul’s brethren.
3 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of [a]Shemaah the Gibeathite; Jeziel and Pelet the sons of Azmaveth; Berachah, and Jehu the Anathothite; 4 Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite; 5 Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite; 6 Elkanah, Jisshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korahites; 7 and Joelah and Zebadiah the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
8 Some Gadites [b]joined David at the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for battle, who could handle shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were (E)as swift as gazelles on the mountains: 9 Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third, 10 Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, 11 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, 12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, 13 Jeremiah the tenth, and Machbanai the eleventh. 14 These were from the sons of Gad, captains of the army; the least was over a hundred, and the greatest was over a (F)thousand. 15 These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month, when it had overflowed all its (G)banks; and they put to flight all those in the valleys, to the east and to the west.
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- 1 Chronicles 12:3 Or Hasmaah
- 1 Chronicles 12:8 Lit. separated themselves to
2 Kings 5:15
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15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his aides, and came and stood before him; and he said, “Indeed, now I know that there is (A)no God in all the earth, except in Israel; now therefore, please take (B)a gift from your servant.”
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Genesis 33:11
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11 Please, take (A)my blessing that is brought to you, because God has dealt (B)graciously with me, and because I have [a]enough.” (C)So he urged him, and he took it.
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- Genesis 33:11 Lit. all
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