22. Some of David's men were good-for-nothings, and they said, “Those men didn't go with us to the battle, so they don't get any of the things we took back from the Amalekites. Let them take their wives and children and go!”
23. But David said:My friends, don't be so greedy with what the Lord has given us! The Lord protected us and gave us victory over the people who attacked.
24. Who would pay attention to you, anyway? Soldiers who stay behind to guard the camp get as much as those who go into battle.
25. David made this a law for Israel, and it has been the same ever since.
26. David went back to Ziklag with everything they had taken from the Amalekites. He sent some of these things as gifts to his friends who were leaders of Judah, and he told them, “We took these things from the Lord's enemies. Please accept them as a gift.”