CAB(i)
17 And David came upon them, and attacked them from the morning till the evening, and on the next day; and not one of them escaped, except four hundred young men, who were mounted on camels, and fled.
18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and he rescued both his wives.
19 And nothing was lacking to them, great or small; either of the spoils, or the sons and daughters, or anything that they had taken of theirs. And David recovered all.
20 And he took all the flocks, and the herds, and led them away before the spoils. And it was said of these spoils, These are the spoils of David.
21 And David came to the two hundred men who were left behind, that they should not follow after David, and he had caused them to remain by the brook of Besor. And they came forth to meet David, and to meet his people with him. And David drew near to the people, and they asked him how he did it.
22 Then every ill-disposed and bad man of the soldiers who had gone with David, answered and said, Because they did not pursue together with us, we will not give them of the spoils which we have recovered, only let each one lead away with him his wife and his children, and let them return.
23 And David said, You shall not do so, after the Lord has delivered the enemy to us, and guarded us, and the Lord has delivered into our hands the troop that came against you.
24 And who will hearken to these your words? For they are not inferior to us; for according to the portion of him that went down to the battle, so shall be the portion of him that abides with the baggage; they shall share alike.
25 And it came to pass from that day forward, that it became an ordinance and a custom in Israel until this day.
26 And David came to Ziklag, and sent of the spoils to the elders of Judah, and to his friends, saying, Behold, some of the spoils of the enemies of the Lord;