22. Then all the wicked and unjust men that had gone with David answering, said: Because they came not with us, we will not give them any thing of the prey which we have recovered: but let every man take his wife and his children, and be contented with them, and go his way.
23. But David said: You shall not do so, my brethren, with these things, which the Lord hath given us, who hath kept us, and hath delivered the robbers that invaded us into our hands.
24. And no man shall hearken to you in this matter. But equal shall be the portion of him that went down to battle and of him that abode at the baggage, and they shall divide alike.
25. And this hath been done from that day forward, and since was made a statute, and an ordinance, and as a law in Israel.
26. Then David came to Siceleg, and sent presents of the prey to the ancients of Juda his neighbours, saying: Receive a blessing of the prey of the enemies of the Lord.
27. To them that were in Bethel, and that were in Ramoth to the south, and to them that were in Jether,
28. And to them that were in Aroer and that were in Sephamoth, and that were in Esthamo,
29. And that were in Rachal, and that were in the cities of Jerameel, and that were in the cities of Ceni,
30. And that were in Arama, and that were in the lake Asan, and that were in Athach,
31. And that were in Hebron, and to the rest that were in those places, in which David had abode with his men.