24. And who will listen to you in this matter? Indeed as the share is of the one going down to battle, so will be the share of the one staying with the equipment. They will share equally.”
25. So it was so from that day forward, that he set it as a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.
26. When David came to Ziklag, he sent part of the spoil to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a gift to you from the spoil of the enemies of the Lord”:
27. to those who were in Bethel, in Ramoth of the Negev, and in Jattir;
28. to those who were in Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa,
29. and in Rakal; to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites and the Kenites;
30. to those who were in Hormah, Bor Ashan, Athak
31. and in Hebron; and to those who were in all the other places where David and his men had roamed.