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20 And Dauid tooke all the sheepe, and the oxen, and they draue them before his cattaile, and saide: This is Dauids pray. 21 And Dauid came to the two hundred men, that were to weery for to folowe Dauid, whom they had made also to abyde at the ryuer Befor: And they came to meete Dauid & the people that were with him: And when Dauid came to the people, he saluted them. 22 Then aunswered all the wicked and the vnthryftes of the men that went with Dauid, and saide: Because they went not with vs, therfore wil we geue them none of the pray that we haue recouered: But let euery man take his wife and his children, those let them carry away and departe. 23 Then sayd Dauid: Ye shall not do so my brethren with that which the Lord hath geuen vs, who hath preserued vs, and delyuered the company that came against vs, into our handes. 24 For who will hearke vnto you in this matter? But as his parte is that goeth downe and fighteth, so shall his parte be that tarryeth by the stuffe: they shall parte alyke. 25 And so from that day forward, was that made a statute and lawe in Israel, vnto this day, 26 When Dauid therefore came to Ziklag, he sent of the pray vnto the elders of Iuda and to his friendes, saying: See, there is a blessing for you of the spoyle of the enemies of the Lorde. 27 He sent to them of Bethel, to them of south Ramoth, to them of Iathir, 28 To them of Aroer, to them of Sephamoth, to them of Esthema, 29 To them of Rachal, to them of the cities of Ierahmeel, to them of the cities of the Kenites, 30 To them of Horma, to them of Chorashan, to them of Athach, 31 To them that are in Hebron, and to all places where Dauid and his men were wont to haunt. 1 Samuel 30:20-31, Bishops' Bible of 1568. Public domain.
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