1 And so it was, after the death of Saul, when David had returned from the smiting of the Amalekites, and David had abode in Ziklag two days,
2 Samuel 1:1 Cross References - Rotherham
1 Samuel 27:6
6 So Achish gave him, on that day, Ziklag,––wherefore Ziklag hath pertained unto the kings of Judah, unto this day.
1 Samuel 30:17-26
17 And David smote them, from the closing twilight even unto the evening of the next day,––and there escaped not of them a man, save four hundred young men who rode upon camels, and fled.
18 And David rescued all whom the Amalekites had taken,––his two wives also, did David rescue;
19 and there was nothing missing to them––whether small or great, whether spoil, or sons or daughters, or, any thing which they had taken unto themselves,––the whole, did David recover.
20 And David took all the flocks and the herds,––they drave them before those other cattle, and they said, This, is David’s spoil.
21 And David came unto the two hundred men, who had been too wearied to follow David, and whom they had suffered to remain at the ravine of Besor,––and they came forth to meet David, and to meet the people who were with him, and when David came near unto the people, they enquired of his success. 22 Then responded every man who was bad and abandoned, from among the men who had been with David, and said––Because they went not with me there shall not be given them of the spoil that we have rescued,––save, to every man, his wife and his children, let them put them forth, then, and go. 23 Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren,––with that which Yahweh hath given to us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand. 24 Who indeed, could hearken unto you, in this mutter? Surely, like the share of him that went down into the battle, even, so, shall be the share of him that remained by the stores––alike, shall they share. 25 And so it came to pass, from that day forward, that he appointed it, for a statute and for a custom unto Israel, until this day. 26 And, when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil, unto the elders of Judah, unto his friends, saying,––Lo! for you, a blessing, out of the spoil of the enemies of Yahweh:
21 And David came unto the two hundred men, who had been too wearied to follow David, and whom they had suffered to remain at the ravine of Besor,––and they came forth to meet David, and to meet the people who were with him, and when David came near unto the people, they enquired of his success. 22 Then responded every man who was bad and abandoned, from among the men who had been with David, and said––Because they went not with me there shall not be given them of the spoil that we have rescued,––save, to every man, his wife and his children, let them put them forth, then, and go. 23 Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren,––with that which Yahweh hath given to us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand. 24 Who indeed, could hearken unto you, in this mutter? Surely, like the share of him that went down into the battle, even, so, shall be the share of him that remained by the stores––alike, shall they share. 25 And so it came to pass, from that day forward, that he appointed it, for a statute and for a custom unto Israel, until this day. 26 And, when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil, unto the elders of Judah, unto his friends, saying,––Lo! for you, a blessing, out of the spoil of the enemies of Yahweh:
1 Samuel 31:6
6 Thus died Saul, and his three sons, and his armour–bearer, yea all his men, on that day, together.