16And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.
And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives. …
Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. …
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-16)We have here an account of the only military action we ever find Abram engaged in, and this he was prompted to, not by his avarice or ambition, but purely by a principle of charity; it was not to enrich himself, but to help his friend. Never was any military expedition undertaken, prosecuted, and finished, more honourably than this of Abram’s. Here we have, I. The tidings brought him of his kinsma…
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