27To them which were in Bethel, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,
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And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.
And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD was with them. …
And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,
And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
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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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