23Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.
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But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. …
And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-31)We have here an account of the distribution of the spoil which as taken from the Amalekites. When the Amalekites had carried away a rich booty from the land of Judah and the Philistines they spent it in sensuality, in eating, and drinking, and making merry with it; but David disposed of the spoil taken after another manner, as one that knew that justice and charity must govern us in the use we mak…
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