1 Samuel 30:25
◄  1 Samuel 30:25  ►
New International Version (©2011)
David made this a statute and ordinance for Israel from that day to this.

New Living Translation (©2007)
From then on David made this a decree and regulation for Israel, and it is still followed today.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And he made it a statute and a rule for Israel from that day forward to this day.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
So it has been from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
And it has been so from that day forward. David established this policy as a law and an ordinance for Israel and it continues to this very day.

International Standard Version (©2012)
From that day forward he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel, and it remains to this present day.

NET Bible (©2006)
From that time onward it was a binding ordinance for Israel, right up to the present time.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
From that time on he made this a rule and a custom in Israel as it is to this day.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.

American King James Version
And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.

American Standard Version
And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And this hath been done from that day forward, and since was made a statute, and an ordinance, and as a law in Israel.

Darby Bible Translation
And it was so from that day forward; and he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.

English Revised Version
And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel, unto this day.

Webster's Bible Translation
And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.

World English Bible
It was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.

Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass from that day and forward, that he appointeth it for a statute and for an ordinance for Israel unto this day.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

30:21-31 What God gives us, he designs we should do good with. In distributing the spoil, David was just and kind. Those are men of Belial indeed, who delight in putting hardships upon their brethren, and care not who is starved, so that they may be fed to the full. David was generous and kind to all his friends. Those who consider the Lord as the Giver of their abundance, will dispose of it with fairness and liberality.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 25. - That he made it. I.e. David. Having been thus enacted by him and practised during his life, no king henceforward would venture to change it. In the war with the Midianites Moses had ordered that half the spoil should belong to the combatants and half to the congregation who remained in the camp (Numbers 31:27). This enactment of David was in the same spirit. DAVID PROPITIATES HIS FRIENDS BY SHARING WITH THEM HIS BOOTY (vers. 26-31).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it was so from that day forward,.... Or "upwards" (x), of old, formerly; and so may refer either to what was done at the war with Midian, Numbers 31:27; or in the times of Abraham, Genesis 14:23; and so Jarchi observes, it is not said, "henceforward", but "upwards", it being a statute and custom in the days of Abraham; the same he notes on Genesis 14:24; where he, David, learnt this from thence; though Josephus (y) is express for it, that this law obtained from the time of David; and such was his authority, though as yet not king, but a wise and just commander:

that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day; it appeared so reasonable and equitable, that it was always regarded and attended to.

(x) "et supra", Pagninus, Montanus; "et jam olim", Tigurine version. (y) Antiqu. l. 6. c, 14. sect. 6.

1 Samuel 30:25 Parallel Commentaries
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The Spoils are Divided
…24For who will listen to you in this matter? but as his part is that goes down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarries by the stuff: they shall part alike. 25And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day. 26And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil to the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD; …

Exodus 27:21 In the tent of meeting, outside the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law, Aaron and his sons are to keep the lamps burning before the LORD from evening till morning. This is to be a lasting ordinance among the Israelites for the generations to come.
1 Samuel 30:24 Who will listen to what you say? The share of the man who stayed with the supplies is to be the same as that of him who went down to the battle. All will share alike."
1 Samuel 30:26 When David reached Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to the elders of Judah, who were his friends, saying, "Here is a gift for you from the plunder of the LORD's enemies."