23. But David said:My friends, don't be so greedy with what the Lord has given us! The Lord protected us and gave us victory over the people who attacked.
24. Who would pay attention to you, anyway? Soldiers who stay behind to guard the camp get as much as those who go into battle.
25. David made this a law for Israel, and it has been the same ever since.
26. David went back to Ziklag with everything they had taken from the Amalekites. He sent some of these things as gifts to his friends who were leaders of Judah, and he told them, “We took these things from the Lord's enemies. Please accept them as a gift.”
27-31. This is a list of the towns where David sent gifts: Bethel, Ramoth in the Southern Desert, Jattir, Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa, Racal, the towns belonging to the Jerahmeelites and the Kenites, Hormah, Bor-Ashan, Athach, and Hebron. He also sent gifts to the other towns where he and his men had travelled.