1 Samuel 30:22

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Da tok de til orde alle de onde og illesinnede menn blandt dem som hadde fulgt David, og sa: Siden de ikke gikk med oss, vil vi ikke gi dem noget av det bytte vi har berget; bare sin hustru og sine barn kan hver av dem ta med sig og gå hjem.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

wicked: 1 Samuel 22:2, 1 Samuel 25:17, 1 Samuel 25:25, Deuteronomy 13:13, Judges 19:22, 1 Kings 21:10, 1 Kings 21:13

those: Heb. the men

Because: Matthew 7:12

Reciprocal: Numbers 17:10 - rebels Judges 11:3 - vain men Judges 20:13 - children of Belial 2 Samuel 20:1 - a man Isaiah 33:23 - the lame

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then answered all the wicked men, and [men] of Belial, of those that went with David,.... Who were ill natured men, and of covetous dispositions, as what is called their answer shows; and it seems by that as if the two hundred men had moved that they might have their share in the spoil, or that David had given some intimation that they should:

and said, because they went not with us, we will not give, them [ought] of the spoil that we have recovered: which was very unreasonable not to let them have what was before their own which was recovered; and indeed it was but right they should have their share in the spoil that was taken which was of others, as will appear hereafter: but they were of opinion and were come to a resolution, they should have no more,

save to every man his wife and his children; which was very unkind and ungenerous:

that they may lead [them] away, and depart; but whither? Ziklag was burnt, the land of Israel they would not return unto, where they must fall a sacrifice to Saul; these men cared not where they went, so that they were rid of them, that they might not have any share with them in the spoil.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 30:22. Men of Belial — This is a common expression to denote the sour, the rugged, the severe, the idle, and the profane.