24 Who can agree to your proposal? The share of the one who goes into battle is to be the same as the share of the one who remains with the supplies. They will share equally.”(A) 25 And it has been so from that day forward. David established this policy[a] as a law and an ordinance for Israel and it still continues today.

26 When David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a gift for you(B) from the plunder of the Lord’s enemies.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 30:25 this policy supplied for clarity

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