Verse 26
When Dauid therefore came to Ziklag, he sent of the pray vnto the elders of Iuda and to his friendes, saying: See, there is a blessing for you of the spoyle of the enemies of the Lorde.
Referenced Verses
- 1 Sam 25:27 : 27 And now this blessing which thyne handmayd hath brought vnto my lord, let it be geuen vnto the young men that folowe my lorde.
- 2 Kgs 5:15 : 15 And he turned againe to the man of God, he and al his company, and stoode before him, and saide: Behold, I know nowe that there is no God in all the worlde, but in Israel: Now therfore I pray thee take a blessing of thy seruaunt?
- 1 Chr 12:1-9 : 1 These are they that came to Dauid to Ziklag while he yet kept himselfe close because of Saul the sonne of Cis: and they were very strong helpers in battaile. 2 They were weaponed with bowes, and could hurle stones with the right hand and with the left, and shoote arrowes out of a bowe, & were of Sauls brethren, euen of Beniamin. 3 The chiefest were Ahiezer, and Ioas the sonnes of Simaa a Gibeonite, and Ieziel and Pelet the sonnes of Asmaueth, Beracah and Iehu of Anathoth. 4 And Ismaia a Gibeonite, a mightie man among thirtie, and more then the thirtie: Ieremiah, Iehaziel, Iehonan, and Iosabad of Gedor. 5 Eleusai, Ierimoth, Bealia, Semaria, and Seaphatia, the Haraphites. 6 Elcana, Iesia, Azarael, Ioezer, Iosebeam, Coranites. 7 Ioela and Zebadiah the sonnes of Ieroam of Gedor. 8 And of the Gadites there seperated themselues some vnto Dauid into the houlde of the wildernesse, men of might and men apt for the warre, & that coulde handle shielde and speare, whose faces were lyke the faces of lions, and they were as swyft as the Roes in the mountaynes. 9 Ezer the first, Obdia the seconde, and Eliab the third, 10 Masmana the fourth, Ieremia the fifth, 11 Atthai the sixt, Eliel the seuenth, 12 Iohanan the eight, Elsabad the ninth, 13 Ieremia the tenth, and Machbanai the eleuenth, 14 These were of the sonnes of Gad, and were captaines ouer the men of warre: one of the least coulde resist an hundred, and the greatest a thousand. 15 These are they that went ouer Iordane in the first moneth when he had filled ouer all his banckes, and they put to flight all them of the valley both toward the east and west.
- Ps 35:27 : 27 Let them triumph with gladnesse and reioyce that be delighted with my righteousnesse: let them say alwayes, blessed be God whiche hath pleasure in the prosperitie of his seruaunt.
- Ps 68:18 : 18 Thou wenst vp on high, thou hast led captiuitie captiue, thou hast receaued gyftes for men: yea euen for those that be disobedient, that God the Lorde myght dwell among them,
- Prov 18:16-24 : 16 A mans gyft maketh an open way, to bryng hym before great men. 17 The righteous declareth his owne cause first him selfe, and his neighbour commeth and tryeth hym. 18 The lot causeth variaunce to ceasse: and parteth the mightie a sunder. 19 Brethren beyng at variaunce are harder to be wonne then a strong citie, and their contentions are like the barre of a castell. 20 A mans belly shalbe satisfied with the fruite of his owne mouth, and with the encrease of his lippes shall he be filled. 21 Death and life are in the instrument of the tongue, and they that loue it, shall eate the fruite thereof. 22 Who so findeth a wyfe, findeth a good thing, and receaueth fauour of the Lorde. 23 The poore prayeth meekely: but the riche geueth a rough aunswere. 24 A man that wyll haue frendes, must shewe hym selfe frendly: and there is a frende whiche is nearer then a brother.
- Isa 32:8 : 8 But the liberall person imagineth honest thynges, and commeth vp for liberalitie vnto promotion.
- 2 Cor 9:5 : 5 Therfore, I thought it necessarie to exhort the brethren, to come beforehand vnto you, and to prepare your good blessyng promised afore, that it myght be redy, so that it be as a blessyng, and not a defraudyng.
- Gen 33:11 : 11 Oh take my blessyng that is brought thee: for God hath had mercy on me, and I haue inough. And so he compelled him, and he toke it,